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Psych207
develepmental psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
03/25/2014

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Life span perspective
Definition
No age period is supreme on its impact on the lifes course
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Developmental pathways
Definition
A pathway through life's course associated with particular 'setting conditions' and outcomes.
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Tabula Rosa View
Definition
Children are born as a 'blank tablet'
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Stanley Hall
Definition
Argued that development follows nature's evolutionary course
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Orderly Nature of development (NOD)
Definition
We all develop in our own ways
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Directional NOD
Definition
always moves towards a greater complexity
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Cumulative NOD
Definition
Behaviours are learnt and added on
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Prenatal period
Definition
Conception- birth
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Infancy
Definition
Birth- 18 to 24 months
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Early childhood
Definition
Infancy- 6-11 years
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Systematic observation
Definition
Trained observers systematically gather observations
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Event sampling
Definition
records behaviours in a certain time period
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Time sampling
Definition
records behaviours in a short intervals
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Interview vs Survey ?
Definition
Interview - all the same questions
Survey - In the last 30 days have you .... etc
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Clinical case study method
Definition
Brings together a wide amount of data on one child
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Descriptive research
Definition
Aims to observe and record behavouir
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+1
Definition
strong realtionship
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-1
Definition
strong negative realtionship
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0
Definition
No reationship
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// relationship ?
Definition
positive correlation
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\\ relationship ?
Definition
Negative correlation
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Cross - sectional research
Definition
Studying different age groups at the same time
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Continuity
Definition
/ nurture
/
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Discontinutiy
Definition
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| Nature - Butterfly
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Classical conditioning
Definition
WATSON - Learning is environmentally determined
- pairing of stimulus
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Behavouurist
Definition
SKINNER - Operant conditioning, punishment and reinfourcements.
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SLT & Modelling
Definition
BANDURA - Imitation and modelling (bobo doll)
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Macrosystem
Definition
Customs, Laws & Values
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Mesosystem
Definition
Play area, childcare centre , immediate family
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Exosystem
Definition
Heathcare, extended family , friends, neighbours , workplace of parents.
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Frauds stages
Definition
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital
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Id
Definition
Biological needs
unconscious
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Ego
Definition
Conscious & rational
Redirects the id acceptably
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Superego
Definition
The conscience
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Zygote peroid
Definition
2 weeks
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Embryo
Definition
6 weeks
Limbs and features start to develop
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Fetus
Definition
30 weeks
Growth and finishing
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Teratogen
Definition
Threat to baby's development
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Synaptic pruning
Definition
use it or loose it ( connections )
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Nucleus accumbens
Definition
Brain reward system
senstaion seeker
Drugs
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Amygldala
Definition
Pairs the right response to the right stimuli
explosive reactions, misreading facial expressions
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Hippocampus
Definition
Formation of memories
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Prefrontal cortex
Definition
complex information processing , emotional processing .
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Speech
Definition
The soundwaves made
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Language
Definition
mental and social entity to be used to share thoughts and ideas
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Communication
Definition
anything that conveys a message
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INT (interaction capacity )
Definition
relationships , emotion responses
INFANCY & ERALY CHILDHOOD
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INF (information capacity )
Definition
Sharing thoughts, drive to think
BIRTH
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LING (linguistic capacity)
Definition
Organise words to reflect ideas.
18 MONTHS
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Analytic
Definition
Understand words THEN put them together
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Gestalt
Definition
Big chunks of words but not knowing meanings
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Referential style
Definition
Noun lovers - important to name things
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Expressive style
Definition
Noun -leavers , social words
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phonology
Definition
the rules governing the structure and sequence of speech sounds
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semantics
Definition
the way underlying concepts are expressed
in words
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grammar, consisting of syntax,
Definition
the rules by which words are arranged in sentences,
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morphology
Definition
, markers that vary word meaning;
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pragmatics
Definition
, the rules for engaging in appropriate and effective conversation
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