Chapter 9 Flashcards

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Developmental Psychology Studies

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How individuals develop:

  • Cognitively
  • Physically
  • Socially
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2
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Nature Vs. Nurture

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How genetics influence our experiences and development

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3
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Zygote

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Fertilized egg

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4
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Less than half zygotes survive

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the first two weeks

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5
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Following cell division the zygote becomes an

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embryo

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6
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9 weeks after conception the embryo becomes a

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fetus

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Placenta has

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Formed at the zygotes outer cells and attached to the uterine wall

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8
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Placenta is responsible

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Transfers nutrients and oxygen from the mother to the fetus; and screen potentially harmful substances

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9
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Teratogens

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chemicals/viruses which may cause harm to prenatal development

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10
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fetal alcohol syndrome

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physical/cognitive abnormalities caused by pregnant mother’s heavy drinking

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11
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habituation

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Decrease in infants response with repetition of same stimulus

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12
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Habituation results in infants interest to

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fade resulting in them looking away

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13
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Infants focus first on

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the face not the body

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14
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Human brains are

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immature at birth

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15
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Association areas are the

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last cortical areas to develop

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16
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Association areas:

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thinking, memory, and language

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17
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maturation

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growth process enabling orderly changes in behavior

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18
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maturation is uninfluenced

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by experience

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19
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cognition

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mental activities associated with: thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating

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20
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back-to-sleep position

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Placing babies on their backs to sleep to avoid a smothering crib death

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21
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genes play a major role in

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motor development

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22
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infantile amnesia

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memories prior to age 3 were not remembered

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23
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Learning may be present even at age

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3 months

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24
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schema

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A concept/mental mold interprets information

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25
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Assimilation

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Interpreingt new experiences into existing schemas

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26
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Accomodation

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Adapting our current understandings/schemas to incorporate new information

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27
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sensorimotor stage

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babies take in the world through senses and actions- (Piaget)

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28
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object permanence

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awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

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29
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preoperational stage

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Child learns language but does not understand mental logic operations- Piaget

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30
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Conservation

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Principle that properties such as mass, volume and number remain despite object form changing- Piaget

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31
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egocentrism

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child’s difficult to view something the same as another’s perception- piaget

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32
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theory of mind

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infer other’s mental states: feelings, perceptions and thoughts they may predict

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33
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concrete operational stage occurs in ages

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Around 6 to 11

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34
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Concrete operational stage allows

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individuals to grasp conservation and to think logically regarding events and mental operations- Piaget

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35
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formal operational stage

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systematical reasoning; if this then that- abstract concepts- Piaget

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36
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Formal operational stage typically beings at

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age 12

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37
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Autism symptoms

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deficient, communication, social interaction and understanding of others’ states of mind

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38
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stranger anxiety

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fear of strangers displayed by infants

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39
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stranger anxiety is displayed at

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8 months

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40
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attachment

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emotional tie often with caregiver

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41
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critical period occurs in

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animals

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42
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critical period

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time after birth where stimuli occur to result in proper devlopment

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43
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imprinting

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some animals process of forming attachments during a critical period

44
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temperament

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emotional reactivity/intensity

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basic trust

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sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy- Erikson

46
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authoritarian parenting

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impose strict rules and demanding obedience

47
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self-concept

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understanding/evaluation of who we as individuals are

48
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self-concept is achieved at age

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12

49
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Permissive parenting

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make few demands, use little punishment and submit to childrens’ desires

50
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Authoritative

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Exert control by setting/enforcing rules, expalin reason for rules and encourage open discussion to allow exceptions

51
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family self

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feeling that what shames a child shames a family and vice versa

52
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gender

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biological/social characteristics which define male or female

53
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agression

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physical/verbal behavior intended to hurt someone

54
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when a y chromosome is paired with an x chromosome

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the baby is a boy

55
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two x chromosomes result in

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a baby girl

56
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females have

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2 x chromosomes

57
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makes have

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y chromosomes and 1 x chromosome

58
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testosterone

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males excess amount stimulates the growth of sex organs in the fetus and development during puberty

59
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role

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expected behaviors for those who occupy a certain social position

60
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gender roles

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expectations for how men and women should behave

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gender identity

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our sense of being male or female

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gender typed

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acquisition of a more masculine/feminine role

63
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social learning theory

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we learn social behavior by observing/imitating and through punishment/reward

64
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adolescence

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transition period from childhood to adulthood- puberty to independence

65
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puberty

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sexual maturation; individual is able to reproduce

66
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primary sex characteristics include

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genitalia, pvaries, testes- sexual reproduction organs

67
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secondary sex characteristics

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non-reproductive characteristics include: breasts, hips and body har

68
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menarche

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first menstrual period

69
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preconventional morality

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focuses on self interest

70
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preconventional morality occurs

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before age 9

71
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conventional morality

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upholding laws/social rules because they are there

72
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postconventional moraltiy

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actions are correct based on ethical principles

73
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identity

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sense of self by testing various roles- Erikson

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social identity

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understanding who we are by identifying our membership in a group- Erikson

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intimacy

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ability to form loving relationships primary developmental task during late adolescence and early adulthood- Erikson

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emerging adulthood

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bridge gape between adolescent dependence and full independence/responsible adulthood

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menopause

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natural cessation of menstruation/biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines

78
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With Alzheimers disease

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Memory deteriorates followed by reasoning

79
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cross-sectional study

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people of different ages are compared

80
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longitudinal study

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the same people are restudied/retested over a long period of time

81
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crystallized intelligence

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accumulate knowledge/verabal skills- increases with age

82
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fluid intelligence

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ability to reason quickly and abstractly- declines with age

83
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social clock

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culturally preferred time for life events to occur- example when you should retire or get married

84
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generativity

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productive/supportive of future generations

85
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social clock

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culturally preferred time for life events to occur- example when you should bear children or get married

86
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generativity

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productive/supportive of future generations

87
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embryo

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developing human embryo

88
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Basic trust is formed during __________ and depends on interaction/response to ____________

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Infancy by experiences with responsive caregivers

89
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Social Learning Theory States:

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We learn sepcial behavior by observing and imitating and by being punished or rewarded

90
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Strange Situation Experiment was designed by

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Mary Ainsworth

91
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What happened in the strange situation experiment

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Involved artificial monkeys designed as wirey or clozy. To see whihc was more soothing/preferable to a real monkey; when their real mother was not around

92
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From the Strange Situation

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Ainsworth concluded sensetive/unsensitive parents alter their child’s attachment

93
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Responsive mothers infants demonstrate

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secure attachment

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Unresponsive Carefree mothers infants demonstrate

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insecure attachment

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Secure attachment

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Infants are upset when caregiver leaves and happy when they return; show that they have a long-term relationship

96
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Diana Baumrind experimented on

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self esteem as a result of parenting styles

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self- esteem, self-reliance. social competance are the highest when raised with

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authoriative parents

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permissive parenting often results in

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immaturity/agressive

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authoritarian parenting often results in

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lower self-esteem poor social skills

100
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Erik Erikson known for 2 basics of adulthood:

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intimacy/generativity- psychological development

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Carol Gilligan experimented with

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gender differences

102
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male answer syndrome

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reciting a hazard answer instead of admitting they dont know

103
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Harry Harlow

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Artificial monkey experiment to portray attachment results

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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Development of moral reasoning/moral ladder

105
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Lorenz Konrad

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Explored imprinting; experimented by being the first thing ducklings saw and they followed him and the same when an object appeared first. Revealing imprinting occurs only in animals and is a process of forming attachments

106
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Jean Piaget

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Children develop through stages/moral judgments are built in cognitive development

107
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Lev Vygotsky

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Sociocultural theory of how children learn based on society