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Developmental psychology
flashcards for psych final study guide unit 2
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Psychology
12th Grade
05/21/2011

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rooting reflex
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a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple
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Teratogens
Definition
agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
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authoritative parenting
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parent is demanding and responsive, children usually have the highest self esteem, self reliance, and self confidence
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authoritarian parenting
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parent is demanding but not responsive; impose rules and expects obedience, strict rules with no explanation
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neglectful parenting
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parent shows no control or warmth, meet the very basic needs, minimal contact with child
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permissive parenting
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parent subjects to child's desires, makes few demands, and uses little punishment
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sensorimotor stage
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birth to 2 years: experiencing the world through senses and actions (looking, touching, mouthing, and grasping); object permanence, stranger anxiety
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preoperational stage
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2 to 6 years: representing things with words and images, use intuitive rather than logical reasoning; pretend play, egocentrism, language development
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concrete operational stage
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7-11 years: thinking logically about concrete events, grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations; conservation, mathematical transformations
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formal operational stage
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12-adulthood: abstract reasoning; abstract logic, potential for mature moral reasoning
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assimilation
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interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas
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accommodation
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adapting one's current understanding (schemas) to incorporate new information
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schemas
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our current understandings
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object permanence
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the awareness that things continue to exist even when not percieved
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egocentrism
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in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view
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Erickson's psychosocial development
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this theorist contended that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task, a crisis that needs resolution
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trust vs mistrust
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infancy to 1 year: if needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust
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autonomy vs shame and doubt
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1-2years: toddlers learn to exercise will and do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities
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initiative vs guilt
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3-5years:preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans, or they feel guilty about efforts to be independent
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competence vs inferiority
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6-puberty: children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior
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identity vs role confusion
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teen-20's:teens work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to form a single identity, or they become confused about who they are
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intimacy vs isolation
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20-40s: young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love, or they feel socially isolated
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generativity vs stagnation
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40-60s: in middle age, people discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose
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integrity vs despair
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late 60's and up: when reflecting on his or her life, the older adult may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure
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