Chapters 1-5 Flashcards
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theories
- how we see the developing child
- cant understand development without this
Biological theory
- looking at genotype (DNA) and phenotype (intelligence, temperament)
- look at difference between males/females
- looking at behaviors that ensure survival of the species
Jane Goodall-Bio Theorist
-Looked at Chimps
Darwin- bio theorist
- natural selection
- survival of the fittest
Survival of the species
-breastfeeding
co-sleeping
90% of the world co-sleeps, who is the outlier
The US
Optimal development
-baby mammals need their mothers/or substitute permanent mother
invetrofetilization
- fertilizes the egg outside he body
- (350 million sperm): does not allow for natural selection
Harlow
- took monkeys away from mothers, put them in a lab
- “MOM’ 1: rough w/milk
- “MOM” 2: soft w/o milk
- babies went and fed but them immediately went back to MOM 2
Attachment
IS about security and safety
- Innate (born with this)
- Time is the central component of this
- most activated by stress
- Does not change, it changes form and lasts a life time
- Attachment person serves as a model for all future relationships
Neurology
We know male and female brains are different
Bowlby-Attachment
two theories blended (psycoanalytic-Freud) & (Ethology)
- culture is so important it can override instincts
- ONE primary attachment (not solidified till 4-5 years)
- Different from dependency
Ethology
Study of mammals every way (cognitive, neurologically)
PORK experiment
2 groups of kids 5-6 year olds, 1 group bottle fed/crib slept/daycare kids, 2 group breastfed/co-sleeping/mom raised.The crib sleepers stayed by mom and didn’t want to go play because there is no trust that mom won’t leave. 98% of group 2 went and played because there was trust
Helicopter
- Not the same as attachment
- this is fear based
-FREUD- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Psychosexual stages
- mother/child relationship is most important (bio. mom)
- According to him everyone goes through these stages
- needs must be met to advance in stages
- earlier you are fixated the more pathological you are
Psychosexual Stages- ORAL stage
- All needs centered around the mouth
- ex: child breastfed by mother
- if fixated, overeating, smoking, drinking sucking on things, etc
- should last between 3rd and 7th birthday
Psychosexual Stages- ANAL stage
-Anal Explosive: Stare at mom and poop
(Hoarders)
-Anal Retentive: Hold potty, and don’t want to go to hold power over mom
(OCD)
-Around the world 2-3 year old boys are 2-24 months behind girls in this stage
Psychosexual Stages- PHALLIC stage
- 3-6 year olds, genital focus, feels much more different to rub a knee than genitals.
- self-explore other genders genitals
- Genital mouth contact is a HUGE problem (could be considered sexual abuse)
- if fixated, sexual frigid, sexual contact, highly promiscuous
“The child is the father of man”
what happens to us when younger determines what we are like when older
Erickson
- He was a freudian and added to his theories
- Staged theorist
Psychosocial Stage 1
trust vs mistrust: birth to 1 year
ID
We are born with this and is all about me, selfish and bride-less
Superego
phallic stage, conscious, “do not do it”