Lectures Flashcards
(17 cards)
Rapid changes in babies
- Weight triples
- Height increase 50%
- Brain = 80% of adult size
Importance of early development
- Vocab at 16-30 months predict scores aged 15
Kangaroo method
- holding baby skin-to-skin
- reduces mortality, improves brain development
- saves 150,000 a year
Exteroception = external senses
Exteroception =- touch, taste, vision, etc
Interoception = internal states
- pain, temp, etc
Sensor/motor/emotional development
Touch and smell most developed at birth
Vision is later:
- 8–10 wks: focusing begins.
- 6–7 months: adult-like focusing.
- 8 months: depth perception, acuity mature.
Thomas and Chess 3 dimensions
- Biological regularity (sleep)
- Hedonic tone (mood)
- Response to novelty (approach/withdrawel)
Ageing with intelligence
Fluid intelligence (problem solving, etc) is impacted BUT crystallised intelligence improves (vocab, life knowledge)
Brain stim techniques
tDCS - Low current over scalp, safe, cheap
TMS - Magnetic pulses in DEEPER brain
Apps
Neuroplastiicty
Socioeconomic Selectivity Theory (Carstensen)
Older adults focus more on emotionally meaningful goals and relationships.
Erik Erikson - Psychosocial Development
Integrity vs despair (regret)
Baltes SOC Model
Strats for good aging:
Selection: Focus on key goals.
Optimization: Maximise performance in selected areas.
Compensation: Use tools or strategies to overcome losses (e.g., hearing aids, calendars).
Cohens four stages of later life (human potential framework) ELSE
- Midlife Re-evaluation: 40–65, reflect
- Liberation Phase: Post-60s, try new things
- Summing Up: create legacy.
- Encore Phase: focus on meaning, resolution.
Rowe and Kahns Model
- Low risk of disease/disability.
- High physical and cognitive function.
- Active engagement with life.
- BUT too idealistic?
Kohlbergs model
Stage 1-2= self interest
Stage 3 = empathy
Stage 4+5= law and order
Piagets moral
Hetero = rules are fixed
Auton = rules based on fairness
Order
Social - cognitive - parenting
