Lifespan development

Physical development

growth and changes in the body and brain, senses, motor skills and health and wellness

cognitive development

learning attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning and creativity

psychosocial development

emotions, personality and social relationships

issues in developmental psychology 

nature and nurture 

issues in developmental psychology

continuity and stages

heredity 

Genetic transfer of characteristics from parents to
offspring

genome

instructions for making an organism

chromosomes

threadlike structure made of DNA that has the genes

DNA

molecule that contains the genetic info that makes up the chromosomes 

genes

biochemical units of heredity that make up chromosomes and are segments of DNA

identical (monozygotic) twins

single fertilized egg splits into 2 creates genetically identical siblings

fraternal (dizygotic) twins

Twin who develop from 2 separate fertilized eggs

epigenetic

studies how the environment causes genes to be active or inactive

Teratogen 

an agent ex:chemical/virus that reaches embryo/fetus during prenatal development and causes harm

newborn reflexes-

inborn automatic responses to particular forms of stimulation (help the newborn survive)

rooting reflex

baby turns head towards something that touches its cheek

moro reflex

baby spread arms and pulls them back in when they are startled/ feel like falling 

schema

concept that organizes and interprets information

ex boy learns about cat then sees a cub and thinks its a cat then learns new schema of cub

assimilation

when we take new info and make sense of it by relating it to something we already know

accommodation

adapting current understanding to incorporate new info

sensorimotor (years 0-2)

description: world experienced through senses and actions

development issues: object permanence/stranger anxiety

preoperational (years 2-6)

description: uses word and images to represent things but lack logical reasoning

developmental issue: pretend play, egocentrism - unable to take the perspective of others, language development 

concrete operational (years 7-11)

description: understand concrete events and analogies logically perform arithmetical operations

developmental issue: conversation, mathematical transformation 

formal operational (years 12+)

description: formal operations/ utilize abstract reasoning

developmental issues: abstract logic/ moral reasoning

permissive

child gets what they want

rarely gives/enforces rules

authoritative

solves problems with child

open communication and natural consequences

sets clear rules and expectations

neglectful

absent

provides little guidance

authoritarian

strict parent

5 stages of grief 

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance