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lifespan perspective

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views development as lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic multidisciplinary and contextual and a process that involves growth, maintenance and regulation of loss

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Plasticity

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the capacity for change

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What 3 types of influences does contexts exert

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normative age-graded influences, normative history-graded influences and nonnormative or highly individualized life events

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Normative age graded influences

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similar for individuals in a particular age group e.g puberty and menopause

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Normative history graded influences

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are common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances e.g world war 1

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nonnormative life events

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unusual occurrences that have a major impact on the lives of individual people. they don’t happen to everyone.

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Baltes mastery of life involves

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growth, regulation and loss

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culture

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the behaviour patterns, beliefs and all other products of a group that are passed on from generation to generation

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Cross-cultural studies

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comparison of one culture with one or more cultures

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Ethnicity

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a characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationalitycharacteristics, race religion and language

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Socioeconomic status

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refers to the grouping of people with similar occupational, educational and economic characteristics

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gender

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the characteristics of people as males or females

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social policy

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a national government’s course of action designed to promote the welfare of it’s citizens

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biological processes

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produce changes in an individuals physical nature

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Cognitive processes

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refer to changes in the individuals thought, intelligence and language

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socioemotional processes

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involves changes in the individuals relationships with other people, changes in emotions and changes in personality

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developmental cognitive neuroscience

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explores links between development, cognitive processes and the brain

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developmental social neuroscience

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examines connections between socioemotional processes, development and the brain

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developmental period

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refers to a time frame in a person’s life that is characterised by certain features

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Prenatal period

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conception to birth- exceptional growth

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Infancy

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birth-18/24 months- time of extreme dependence, sensorimotor coordination and social learning

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Early childhood

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3-5 years - learn to become more self-sufficient, develop reading skills

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Middle and late childhood

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6-10/11 years, master reading, writing and arithmetic, achievement become a more central theme of the child’s world, self-control increases

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Adolescence

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10-12 to 18-21 years, puberty, seek independence and identity, thought is more logical, abstract and idealistic

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Early adulthood
20s and 30s- establishing economic independence, advance career, build relationships and families
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Middle adulthood
40-60s, expanding social and personal involvement, maintaining satisfaction in career
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Late adulthood
60s/70s- death reflecting on their life, attempting to maintain faculties and health
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3 development patterns of aging
normal ageing, pathological ageing and successful ageing
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Normal ageing
psychological functioning peaks in early middle age, remains stable until late fifties to early sixties and and declines in 80s
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Pathological ageing
individuals who show greater than average decline as they age through their adult years
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successful aging
individuals who maintain faculties longer
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chronological age
the number of years that have elapsed since birth
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biological age
is a person's age in terms of biological health
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Psychological age
is an individuals adaptive capacities compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age
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social age
refers to connectedness with others and the social roles individuals adopt
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nature-nurture issue
involves the extent to which development is influenced by nature and by nurture
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Nature
refers to an organism's biological inheritance
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nurture
an organisms environmental experiences
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epigenetic view
states that development reflects an ongoing, bidirectional interchange between genes and the environment
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stability change issue
involves the degree to which early traits and characteristics persist through life or change
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continuity-discontinuity issue
focuses on the degree to which development involves either gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages.
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scientific method
a four-step process 1) conceptualise, 2)collect research, 3) analyse data, 4) draw a conclusion
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theory
interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and facilitate predictions
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hypotheses
specific assertions and predictions that can be tested
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Psychoanalytic theories
describe development as primarily unconscious and heavily coloured by emotions
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Freuds theory
that patients problems were a result of experiences early in life- Psychosexual development
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5 stages of psychosexual development
oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital
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eriksons theory
eight stages of development unfold as we grow through life
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eriksons 8 stages
trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame and doubt, initiative versus guilt, industry versus inferiority, identity versus identity confusion, intimacy versus isolation, generativity versus stagnation, integrity versus despair.
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piagets theory (cognitive developmental)
states that children go through four stages of cognitive development as they actively construct their understanding of the world
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piagets theory 4 stages
sensorimotor stages, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage and formal operational stage
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vygotsky's theory (cognitive)
sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
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social cognitive theory
holds that behaviour, environment and cognition are the key factors in development
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ethology
stresses that behaviour is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution and is characterised by critical or sensitive periods
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imprinting
the rapid, innate learning that involves attachment to the first moving object seen
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brofenbrenners ecological theory
holds that development reflects the influence of several environmental systems
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brofenbrenners 5 envornmental systems
microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem
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microsystem
is the setting in which the individual lives e.g home, neighbourhood, school, families, peers
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mesosystem
relations between Microsystems or connections between contexts
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exosystem
links between a social setting in which the individual does not have an active role and the individuals immediate context
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macrosystem
involves the culture in which they live
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chronosystem
patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course as well as sociohistorical circumstances
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eclectic theoretical orientation
does not follow any one theoretical approach but rather selects from each theory whatever is considered its best features
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naturalistic observation
observing behaviour in real-world settings making no effort to manipulate or control the situation
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standardized test
has uniform procedures for administration and scoring
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case study
in depth look at a single individual
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descriptive research
aims to observe and record behaviour
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correlational research
to describe the strength of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics
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cross-sectional approach
a research strategy that simultaneously compares individuals of different ages
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longitudinal approach
the same individuals are studies over a period of time, usually several years or more
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cohort
a group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar experiences as a result e.g living through the Vietnam war
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steps to conducting ethical reserach
informed consent, confidentiality, debriefing, deception,
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