Lifespan Flashcards
Childhood
2-12
Adolescence
12-20
Early adulthood
20-40
Middle age
40-65
Old age
65+
What are some milestones of Middle age
- careers peaking
- menopause (women)
- financial stability
What are some milestones of old age
- develop new interests
- decline episodic memory
- retire
What are some milestones of early adulthood
- full time job
- university
- starting a family
What are some milestones of adolescence
Learners / licence
- puberty
- move out of home, gain independence
What are some milestones of childhood
- talking fluently
- start school
- develop preferred hand by 4
What are some milestones of infancy
- first step
- first word
- first smile
- develop motor skills
Hereditry
Genetic inheritance, the genetic characteristics received from biological parents.
Environmental
Physical, biological, and social experiences/events that are person is exposed to
Interactionist approach
The assumption the hereditary and environmental factors interact to influence development change.
Cognitive development
The development of mental abilities throughout the lifespan.
Assimilation
The process where new experiences are combined with existing schemas.
Accomodation
Paiget’s term when new situations objects or information are encountered and the persons schema is either modified or a new schema is created.
Animism
When a child believe that inanimate objects are alive
Egocentrism
When a person does not make distinctions between their own thoughts, feelings and perceptions and those of others. Simply not understanding that there is any difference between their point of view and everyone else’s.
Centration
Where children can only focus on aspect at a time. For example if a child is asked to divide blocks according to size and colour it is likely they will only perform one.
Seriation
When children have difficulty arranging objects according to one dimension. Eg arranging sticks from shortest to longest.
Symbolic thinking
Mental images that represent objects and functions
Object permanence
Piaget’s term for understanding that an object still exists when hidden.
Conservation
in cognitive development, children lack conservation, that is an inability to understand that objects stay the same despite changes in their appearance.
Irreversibility
where children are unable to realise that an action can be done and then undone.
Sensorimotor
the first stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (birth–2 years). Infants learn about their world through their senses (hearing, seeing) and by actions (motor) such as grasping or pulling.
Pre operational
the second stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (2–7 years of age). Children continue to develop and use symbols, images and language to represent their world.