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Physical & Cognitive Development Flashcards

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What is maturation?

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Biologically based changes that follow an orderly sequence

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What does the critical period concept suggest?

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The brain is set to acquire functions during a limited period of time

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What are sensitive periods?

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Times that are particularly important but not definitive for subsequent development

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What is the concept of developmental stages characterised by?

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Relatively discrete steps through which everyone progresses in the same sequence

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What is the concept of continuous development characterised by?

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Steady and gradual change, rather than major transformations

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What are the features of developmental stages?

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Discontinuity, homogenous thinking, invariant sequences, no skipping, no regression

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What do cross-sectional studies compare?

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Groups of different ages at a single time (i.e. age differences)

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What are cross-sectional studies not useful for examining?

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Age changes (i.e. changes within the same individuals that occur with age)

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What are cohort effects?

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Differences among age groups associated with differences in the culture

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What do longitudinal studies assess?

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The same group at multiple time points (i.e. age changes)

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What do sequential studies assess?

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Different age groups longitudinally (i.e. combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal; minimise cohort effects)

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What are the three stages of the prenatal period?

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Germinal, embryonic and foetal periods

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What occurs during the germinal period?

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Fertilised egg becomes implanted in the uterus; rapid cell division (first 2 weeks after conception)

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What occurs during the embryonic period?

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Development of the CNS and organs (2 - 9 weeks)

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What occurs during the foetal period?

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Muscular development (9 weeks - birth)

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What are the two ways in which foetal development can be disrupted?

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Exposure to hazardous environmental influences & biological influences resulting from genetic disorders

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What are teratogens?

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Environmental agents that can harm an embryo/foetus, particularly during specific critical periods

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What are the major motor milestones in infancy?

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Lifting chin, sitting alone, standing with support, crawling, walking with support, standing alone and walking alone

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What is puberty?

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The developmental stage during which individuals become physically capable of reproduction

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What is intermodal processing?

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The ability of infants to associate sensations of an object from different senses and match their own actions to behaviours they have observed visually

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What is equilibration?

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Balancing assimilation and accommodation to adapt to the world

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What is assimilation?

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The interpretation of actions or events in terms of one’s own schemas

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What is accommodation?

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The modification of schemas to fit reality

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What are the four stages of cognitive development?

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Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational

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What occurs during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?

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Coordination of sensory input and motor responses; development of object permanence (birth - 2yrs)

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What occurs during the preoperational stage of cognitive development?

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Development of symbolic thought marked by irreversibility; cent ration and egocentricim (2-7yrs)

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What is egocentrism?

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The ability of infants to only see the world from their own perspective

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What is centration?

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The tendency of infants to focus on one perceptually striking feature of an object without considering the other features that might be relevant

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What are operations?

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Internalised actions an individual uses to manipulate, transform and then return an object to its original state

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What occurs during the concrete operational stage of cognitive development?

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Ability to mentally manipulate representations of concrete evens in ways that are reversible; mastery of conservation; hierarchical classification (7-11yrs)

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What is conservation?

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The concept that basic properties of an object or situation remain stable even though superficial properties may be changed

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What occurs during the formal operational stage of cognitive development?

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Mental operations applied to abstract ideas; logical, systematic thinking (11yrs - adulthood)

33
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What are two limitations of Piaget’s theory of cognitive stages of development?

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He underestimated the capacities of infants/preschool children and he rarely considered the role of culture in cognitive development

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What does Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development emphasise?

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The role of social interaction as a motivation for cognitive gains and learning

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What is the concept of Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?

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The ZPD stretches from sole performance to collaborative cooperation, i.e. children collaborate and strive together to enhance their levels of understanding & children learn through observation/imitation of significant others

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What does the information-processing approach focus on?

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Information processes that develop processing speed, automatisation, knowledge base, cognitive strategies and metacognition

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What is automatisation?

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The ability to perform some tasks automatically

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What is metacognition?

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Thinking about thinking

39
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What is psychomotor slowing?

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An increase in processing/response time

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What is fluid intelligence and how is it affected by ageing?

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Basic reasoning ability, memory capacity, speed of information processing; decreases with age

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What is crystallised intelligence and how is it affected by ageing?

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The ability to apply acquired knowledge/skills in problem solving; remains stable or increases with age

42
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What is dementia?

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A progressive and incurable disorder marked by global disturbances of higher mental functions

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What are three key features of dementia?

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Acquired, persistent, involves multiple impairments of intellectual functioning

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