PSYCH Study guide Flashcards
(40 cards)
CHAPTER 4- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Myelination of neurons
Fatty coating on the axons that speeds signals between neurons
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Lateralization
Two halves of the human brain are not exactly alike.
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Private Speech
Children talk to themselves or continue to talk even when no one is listening to what they are saying.
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt
Able to be independent be not able to be independent (18mo. - 3yrs)
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Egocentric
Young children’s tendency to think about the world entirely from their own personal perspective
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Temperament
Factors that encourage empathy, sympathy & proposal behavior sociable, assertive, good at emotional self-regulation
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Classification
Cognitive ability to group objects according to traits of similarity or likeness (not accomplished till age 6)
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Theory of mind
Ability to understand your own mental state, as well as the mental state of others
CHAPTER 1- EARLY CHILDHOOD
Reactive
(Hostile) meant to hurt someone, defensive response to provocation
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Reversibility
Cognitive ability of school-age children to understand that certain operations can occur in their reverse order (subtraction is the reverse of addition i.e.)
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Industry vs. Inferiority
Children attempt to master many skills, developing a sense of themselves as either industrious or inferior, competent or incompetent.
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Seriation
A cognitive ability that allows objects to be scaled according to various dimensions (Lg- Sm)
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Code switching
The ability to adjust language to reflect the requirements of the situation
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Concrete Operational
The ability to reason logically about direct experienced and perceptions
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
Coregulation
The shift to greater sharing & balance of social power between parents & children
CHAPTER 5-MIDDLE & LATE CHILDHOOD
5 to 7 shift
Transitional period in cognitive development between the pre-operational & concrete operational stages (based on intuition rather than logic)
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Puberty
The series of developmental events occurring in adolescence in which the sexual organs become functionally mature
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Off-time Puberty
When a person experiences puberty earlier or later than mists of his/her same age peers
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Formal Operational stage
Systematic logic & the ability to think about abstract ideas
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Invincibility Fable
Egocentric conviction that he/she cannot he overcame or even harmed by anything that might defeat a normal mortal, such as unprotected sex, drug abuse, or high-speed driving
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Imaginary Audience
The other people who, in an adolescents egocentric belief, are watching & taking note of his/her appearance, ideas & behavior (makes teenagers self-conscious)
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Anorexia nervosa
Starve self due to fear of getting fat
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Bulimia nervosa
Strict dieting, excessive exercise & purging
CHAPTER 5-ADOLESCENCE
Identity
A consistent definition of ones self as a unique individual, in terms of roles, attitudes, beliefs and aspirations
