Developmental Psychology- Chapter 10 Flashcards
What is a Critical Period?
A window of opportunity, a point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior.
What is developmental psychology?
The study of how people grow and change.
Describe the language development in the brain.
- young children process language all over the brain.
- in 3-5 year olds, specialized areas form.
Where is vocabulary processed in the brain?
Both left and right hemispheres.
What is asynchronous?
Being out of synch developmentally.
What are Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development?
- ) Sensorimotor
- ) Pre-operational
- ) Concrete Operational
- ) Formal Operational
Describe the Sensorimotor Stage.
- Goes on through ages 0-2.
- Children start to learn coordination and perception with motor activity.
- Start the development of object permanence.
What is Object Permanence?
Objects can still exist, even if they can’t be seen.
Describe the Pre-operational Stage.
- Goes on through ages 2-7.
- Children only have 1 dimensional thinking.
What are the 3 examples of one dimensional thinking that goes on in the Pre-operational Stage?
- ) Egocentrism
- ) Artificialism
- ) Animism
Describe Egocentrism.
Being self-centered
Describe artificialism.
Objects are a line.
Describe Animism.
People are responsible for nature.
EX: Thunder is Angels that are bowling
What is the Law of Conservation?
Mass and volume remain the same even if the shape changes.
Describe the Concrete Operational Stage.
- Goes on through ages 7-12
- Children start showing signs of adult thinking about specific objects.
- Abstract thinking doesn’t start taking place yet.
