Human Development Flashcards
(145 cards)
Keagan Theory
Interpersonal connection to reality perception
Constructive model of development - construct through life
Debates over Human Development
Nature vs. Nurture and Active vs. Passive
Most current theorists insist it’s both but disagree on amount of impact exerted
Fetal Origins
Impact on development during gestation
Quantitative
Measured
Qualitative
Change in organization/structure
Critical Periods
Sensitive periods/ All or nothing periods
Development process that is nearly impossible to develop at a later time
Young children have more neural activity than adults Y/N
Yes
Shared vs. Non shared experiences
Nonshared experiences have more impact (i.e. different teachers)
G. Stanley Hall
Founder of psychology in US
First president of APA
Child/child guidance/seminal works adolescence
Behaviorism Theorists
Watson
Skinner
Pavlov
Wolpe
Behaviorism Concepts
All behavior is a result of learning
Passive theory
Do not believe in mental constructs
If it can’t be measured, then it doesn’t exist
Mind is blank slate initially and fed info like a computer
John Locke
Empiricism - Knowledge is acquired by experience
Erik Erikson
8 psychosocial stages of development
1963 work Childhood and Society
8 psychosocial stages of Erikson are based on…
Ego psychology and epigenetic principles
Growth is orderly, universal and systematic
8 Stages Erikson
Trust v Mistrust - 1.5 years Autonomy v Shame/Doubt - 3 years Initiative v Guilt - 6 years Industry v Inferiority - 11 years Identity v Role Confusion - 18 years Intimacy v Isolation - 35 years Generativity v Stagnation 60 years Integrity v Despair - until end of life
To Mislead (trust vs mistrust) A Student (autonomy vs shame) In Geometry (Initiative vs guilt) Is Insane (industry vs inferiority) Indeed. Real (identity vs role confusion) Intellectual Individuals (intimacy vs isolation) Generally Start with (generativity vs stagnation) Instructional Data (integrity vs despair)
Jean Piaget
Qualitative 4 stages of Cognitive Development
Genetic epistemology
Epigenetics
Idiographic
Piaget 4 Stages
Sensorimotor - 2 years
Preoperational - 2-7 years
Concrete Operations - 7-12 years
Formal Operations - 12-16 years
Memory:
Babies start to sense
People get formal as they get older
Piaget - Schema
Patterns of thought and behavior
Piaget - Adaptation
Occurs qualitatively
Assimilation: Fits information into existing ideas
Accommodation: Modifies schema to incorporate new information
Both are complementary processes
Achieved = equilibrium
Piaget - Concept of Ages
Ages can vary but order is static
Piaget - Object permeance/ Reflexes /Representational Thought
Sensorimotor Stage
An object a child cannot see still exists
Piaget - Centration
Preoperational Stage
Act of focusing on one aspect of something
Clown nose, but not clown face
Piaget - Conservation
Concrete Operations Stage
Child knows volume and quantity do not change just because the appearance changes
- Same volume of water, different glass
Piaget - Abstract Scientific Thinking
Formal Operations Stage