Finals Flashcards
(109 cards)
● Focus of developmental understanding must be on systemic change.
● This focus is required because of the belief that the potential for change exists across the life span.
● Although it is also assumed that systemic change is not limitless.
● stress that relative plasticity exists across life although the magnitude of this plasticity may vary across ontogeny.
● There are important implications of relative plasticity for the application of developmental science.
Contemporary Theories
Three main influences, Social Contexts of Development Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Perspective. ____________ take place in cultural settings and cannot be understood apart from these settings.
Human activities
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development:
- I can’t do these, even with help
- I can do these, with some help, (Zone of proximal development)
- I can do these by myself
Represents an inability to take the perspective of another & engage in reciprocal communication.
Development Significance (Piaget)
Represents externalized thought; its function is to communicate with the self for the purpose of self- guidance & self-direction.
Development Significance (Vygotsky)
Declines with age.
Course of Development (Piaget)
Increases at younger ages & then gradually loses its audible quality to become internal verbal thought.
Course of Development (Vygotsky)
Negative; least socially & cognitively mature children use more egocentric speech.
Relationship to Social Speech (Piaget)
Positive; private speech develops out of social interaction with others.
Relationship to social speech (Vygotsky)
Increases with task difficulty. Private speech serves as a self- guiding function in situations.
Relationship to Environmental Contexts (Vygotsky)
Erik Erikson’s Theory on Development: 8 Stages of Development
● Each stage represents a developmental ________________ between a positive alternative and a potentially unhealthy alternative.
● Major decisions at the “_________” has a lasting effect on self-image and view of society.
crisis or conflict
Infant must from trusting relationship or develop mistrust
Basic trust
. Assume responsibility for self-care; initiative
Autonomy vs shame or doubt
. Maintain zest for activity yet understand all impulses cannot be acted upon
Initiative vs Guilt
Eagerness to engage in productive work; child’s ability to move in-between worlds (e.g. academic, friends, etc;
leads to confidence and competence
Industry or inferiority
, Search for identity; may try different roles to see what they fit into
Identity vs role confusion
Young adulthood. Willingness to relate to another person on a deep level
Intimacy vs isolation
Middle adulthood. Extends ability to care to next generation; productivity and creativity are essential features
Generativity vs stagnation
. Consolidating one’s self and fully accepting its unique and unalterable history
Ego integrity vs despair
- composite of ideas, feelings and attitudes people have about themselves
- a belief about who you are
- cognitive structure
Self-concept
- the value each of us places on our own characteristics, abilities and behaviors
- an evaluation of who you are
- ## an effective reaction
Self-esteem
influenced by group memberships
Collective self-esteem
is just a fancy phrase that refers to how a person’s individual needs (psycho) mesh with the needs or demands of society (social).
Psychosocial development
- gives us a way to view the development of a person through an entire lifespan.
- But like all theories, it has its limitations: He doesn’t describe the exact way that conflicts are resolved.
- Neither does he detail how you move from one stage to the next.
Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development