Infancy

Question 0

Schemas

Answer 0

Children’s organization of representations

Occurs thru assimilation and accomodation

Question 1

Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages

Answer 1

Birth-1: Trust is formed w/ warm attitudes

3-6: Initiative taken on

6-11: Peers evaluate

Adolescence: Who am I?

Young Adult: (Intimacy vs. Isolation) Establishment of intimate bonds

Middle Adult: Generosity and giving back

Old Fart: Reflection

Question 2

Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

Answer 2

Birth-2: Children repeat chance behaviors; gauge response

Pre-operational: (2-7) Children begin to mimic normal actions; cant think logically tho

Operational Thought: (7-11) Reasoning is logical

Formal Operational Thought: (11+) Children can think theoretically

Question 3

Temperament

Answer 3

Idea that children are born with characteristics that make them individuals

Judged by: Intensity of emotion
Activity level
Attention

Question 4

Most well-developed sense @ birth

Answer 4

Touch

Question 5

Least-developed sense @ birth

Answer 5

Vision

• 20/20 vision develops @ age 1
• Eye movements are slow, innaccurate

Question 6

Social capabilities of infants

Answer 6

Imitation: Birth

Social smile: 1-2 months

Laughing: 3-4 months

Increased smiles for familiar people: +6 months

*Start expressing emotions @ 3-6 months w/ fear developing last

Question 7

Infant Milestones

Answer 7

Sit w/o support: 6-7 months

Teething: 6-8 months

Fear of strangers & Crawling: 8-12 months

First Words/ Walking: 12-15 months

Question 8

Circle of security

Answer 8

Looks to parents as support; caretaker

Comes back to them as “base”

“Secure attachment”

Question 9

Avoidant Attachment

Answer 9

Child is unresponsive to parent

=>can distress parents; baby is fine

Question 10

Freud’s Psychosexual stages

Answer 10

Oral-feeding

Anal (1-3): Toilet Training

Phallic (3-6): Adopt parent’s same sex characteristics

Latency: Acquisition of social values; same-sex relationships

Genital: Sexual impulses aimed towards others