Development Midterm 1 Flashcards
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Who did philosophers Plato and Aristotle believe should bring up children? What did they believe children should be when they grow up?
schools and parents - responsibility to teach self-control that would make kids effective citizens
Believed children grew up with innate knowledge of concrete objects and abstractions - sensory experiences simply trigger present knowledge
Plato
denied innate knowledge, believed knowledge was rooted in perceptual experiences, knowledge was acquired from the senses
Aristotle
What did John Locke believe about human infant knowledge
human infants were a blank slate
what did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe about children’s knowledge, how its acquired?
they have innate sense of justice and morality that naturally unfolds as the child grows; parents should be receptive to children’s needs
For much of history once children no longer needed constant parental care they were considered grown up and entered the world of work. At what age did they say children no longer needed this parental care
5-7
what is baby biographies
detailed systematic observations of individual children
what did James mark Baldwin contribute to psychology
studied psychology early on in its development; performed experiments rather than just observed as others had been doing
the Canadian psychological association is found in
1939
what is applied developmental research
a branch of child-development psychology that uses developmental research to promote healthy development, particularly for vulnerable children and families
5 major theoretical perspectives in developmental psychology
biological, psychodynamic, learning, cognitive-developmental, contextual
Explain the biological perspective and mention important researches in this perspective
maturation theory: child’s development reflects a plan in the body;
- ethological theory - evolution - behaviors are adaptive for survival; behaviors are inherited
Konrad Lorenz
critical period - rapid learning during specific times;
imprinting
ethological theory and maturation theory are both part of the ____ perspective
biological perspective
explain the psychodynamic perspective and important players in it
FREUD.
Erikson’s psychosocial theory
- development comprises a sequence of stages that define a unique crisis of challenge
what theories are part of the psychodynamic perspective
freuds psychodynamic theory
eriksons psychosocial theory
Explain the Learning perspective
infants mind = blank slate (Lockes view)
- classical conditioning - pavlov
- operant conditioning - skinner
imitation/ observational learning
social cognitive theory - banduras experiment - modelling - and self efficacy (experiences gives children beliefs about their own abilities/talents)
the social cognitive theory is by who and belongs to what development perspective
bandura , learning perspective
what is the cognitive-developmental perspective
focuses on who children think and how their thinking changes as they grow
Piaget - theory of cognitive development
stages of cognitive development
explain Piaget’s cognitive development theory and what perspective it belongs to
4 stages children must go through in order
to move on, equilibrium must be disrupted
Sensorimotor (birth-2) knowledge based on senses and motor skills; mental representations by end of period
preoperational (2-7) use symbols to rep aspects of world; but only sees world through their perspective
concrete operational (7-11) logical operations to experiences, provided they are focused on here and now
formal operational ( adolescence-on) think abstractly; hypothetical situations; reasons deductively about what may be possible
explain the contextual perspective and its important ppl
environment and all its components, direct or indirect, influence a child’s life and thus its development
- Vygotsky’s theory of contextual development
- Bronfenbrenner’s theory of ecological systems (round circles with all the elements in ones life)
explain Vygotsky’s theory and what perspective it belongs to
contextual development theory
- emphasizes role of parents and other adults in conveying culture to children / next generation
belongs to contextual perspective
explain Bronfenbrenner’s theory and what perspective it belongs to
emphasizes the interaction of different environmental aspects and their influence - direct or indirect - on a child’s life
what is continuity-versus-discontinuity
the “relatedness” of development : are early aspects very related to later aspects; is development predictable based on early aspects of a persons’ life or behaviour
what is the active-passive child issue
are children at the mercy of their environment (passive child) or do they actively influence their development through their unique individual characteristics (active child)