The People and The Field

Question 1

Lifespan Development?

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The study human development throughout life such as conception, infancy, childhood, adolescence etc

Question 2

Gerontology

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the study of old age

Question 3

Developmentalists explore…

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• Predictable Milestones (crawling, potty training)
• Individual Differences (Nature vs. Nurture, Temperament, Talent)
• Normative vs. Non-normative transitions

Question 4

Context of Development

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• Cohert: Birth group. Ex baby boomer, millennial, gen Z
• Socioeconomic Status (SES)
• Culture
• Gender

Question 5

John Locke

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humans born a “tabula raza” (blank slate)

Question 6

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Infants are innocent, they should be lovingly nurtured

Question 7

Late 19th Century

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kinder, gentler view of children

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20th century

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• Adolescence identified by G. Stanley Hall; High School was made mandatory
• Emerging Adulthood (18- late 20s)
• Young-old (60-70’s)
• Old-old (80’s and above)

Question 9

Nature vs. Nurture

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Shaped by biological or environmental forces

Question 10

Behaviorism

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• John Watson & B.F. Skinner
• Conditioning = Learning

Question 11

Operant Conditioning

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We behave a certain way because we are reinforced (rewarded) for certain behaviors.

Question 12

Cognitive Behaviorism

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• Albert Bandura
• Cognition and Modeling (learning by imitating others)

Question 13

Self Efficacy

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Our belief in our competence

Question 14

Attachment Theory

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• John Bowlby
• Attachment response is genetically programmed into our species to promote survival.

Question 15

Evolutionary Psychology

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• focus on biological predispositions
• species-specific behaviors influence human development.

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Behavioral Genetics

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determines the role that hereditary forces play in individual differences in behavior

Question 17

Epigenetics

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Nature interacts with Nurture when studying human development!

Question 18

Psychoanalytic Theory

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• Freud
• Analyzes our psyche
• Id
• Ego
• Superego

Question 19

Freud’s Age Linked Stages

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• Oral
• Anal
• Phallic
• Latency

Question 20

Psychosocial Development

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• Erik Erikson
• “father of lifespan development”
• we develop throughout our life

Question 21

Erikson’s Stages

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• Basic Trust vs Mistrust
• Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
• Initiative vs Guilt
• Industry vs Inferiority
• Identity vs role confusion
• Intimacy vs isolation
• Generatively vs Stagnation
• integrity vs Despair

Question 22

Cognitive-Development

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• Piaget
• believe we develop through schema, assimilation and accommodation

Question 23

Piaget’s Stages

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• Sensorimotor (using senses to learn)
• Preparations (what they see is real)
• Concrete Operations (basic math)
• Formal Operations (logical reasoning)

Question 24

Research Methods

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• Correlational Study (finding relationship between variables)
• Experiments (Experimental group vs Control group)

Question 25

Correlational Research

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- Naturalistic Observation - Self Reports - Ability Tests - Observer Reports

Question 26

Cross-sectional Studies

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compare and contrast different age groups at the same time

Question 27

Longitudinal Studies

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study individuals over long periods of time

Question 28

Quantitative Research

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using statistics to make general predictions about behavior

Question 29

Qualitative Research

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not interested in numerical comparison