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Human Development
The study of how individuals grow and change from infancy through adulthood, encompassing physical, cognitive, and socioemotional aspects.
Maturation
The biological process of reaching full growth and development, particularly in relation to becoming an adult.
Physical Development
Changes in the body such as growth in height and the development of motor skills.
Cognitive Development
Growth in thinking abilities, learning new skills, and problem-solving capacities.
Socioemotional Development
The process of learning to manage emotions, interact with others, and form relationships.
Biopsychosocial Perspective
Considers the influence of biological, psychological, and social factors on development and behavior.
Sensorimotor Stage
The first stage of Piaget’s cognitive development theory (from birth to about 2 years old), where learning occurs through sensory experiences and motor actions.
Object Permanence
Understanding that objects continue to exist even when not seen, heard, or touched.
Preoperational Stage
Piaget's second stage of cognitive development (ages 2 to 7), characterized by language use and symbolic thinking but lack of logical operations.
Egocentrism
Inability of preoperational children to see things from perspectives other than their own.
Conservation
Understanding that certain object properties remain the same despite changes in appearance.
Concrete Operations
Piaget’s third stage of cognitive development (ages 7 to 11), where children think logically about concrete events and grasp conservation.
Formal Operations
Piaget’s final stage of cognitive development (around age 12 onwards), marked by abstract thinking and logical problem-solving.
Vygotsky
Russian psychologist emphasizing social interaction and cultural context in cognitive development.
Scaffolding
Support provided to help learners achieve higher understanding or skills.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Range of tasks a learner can do with assistance but not independently.
Sexuality
Involves sexual orientation, preferences, desires, and behaviors reflecting how individuals experience and express sexual attraction.
Self-Report Data
Issues in survey research on human sexuality, including response biases like social desirability bias affecting data accuracy.
Observational Research
Challenges in studying human sexuality, including ethical concerns, privacy, consent, and capturing authentic behavior.
Sex Determination
Process establishing an individual's sex based on inherited sex chromosomes.
Sperm
Male reproductive cells combining with an egg during fertilization to form a zygote.
Egg
Female reproductive cells combining with sperm during fertilization to form a zygote.
23rd Chromosomes
Determine an individual's sex, XX for females and XY for males.
X and Y Chromosomes
Determine biological sex, XX for females and XY for males.
Zygote
Cell formed by the union of sperm and egg, marking the start of embryonic development.
XX
Female:Pair of sex chromosomes found in females, contributing to female traits.
XY
Male:Pair of sex chromosomes found in males, contributing to male traits.
Gonads
Primary reproductive organs producing gametes and hormones, testes in males and ovaries in females.
Testes
Male gonads producing sperm and male sex hormones like testosterone.
Ovariess
Female gonads producing eggs and female sex hormones like estrogens.
Androgens (Testosterone)
Male sex hormones crucial for male traits and reproductive tissues development.
Estrogens
Female sex hormones responsible for female traits and menstrual cycle regulation.
Testosterone’s Role in Genitalia Development
Crucial for male genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics development.
Mullerian Ducts
Precursors to female reproductive structures developing into uterus, fallopian tubes, and upper vagina.
Wolffian Ducts
Precursors to male reproductive structures developing into vas deferens, seminal vesicles, and ejaculatory ducts.
Primary Sexual Characteristics
Anatomical structures directly involved in reproduction, like penis, testes, vagina, and ovaries.
Secondary Sexual Characteristics
Physical traits emerging during puberty distinguishing sexes but not directly involved in reproduction.
Spermarche
Boy's first ejaculation marking sperm production onset and sexual maturity.
Menarche
Girl's first menstrual period marking menstruation onset and reproductive capability.
Social Cognition
Understanding and interpreting social information, including perceptions, thoughts, and responses to others.
Mental Rotation
Visualizing and manipulating objects mentally in space, crucial for spatial reasoning tasks.
Environmental Factors
External influences like culture, upbringing, and experiences that shape individual development and behavior.
Aggression
Behavior aimed at harming or intimidating others, encompassing physical, verbal, or relational actions.
Relational Aggression
Type of aggression harming others through damaging relationships or social status, like spreading rumors or exclusion.
Gender Similarity Hypothesis
Proposal that males and females are more similar than different in psychological variables like cognitive abilities and personality traits.
Social Dominance
Hierarchical ranking of individuals in social groups, where some hold more power and influence.
Connectedness
Feeling close and having meaningful relationships with others, contributing to emotional well-being and social support.
Kin-Keeping
Maintaining family connections and traditions, including organizing gatherings and staying in touch with relatives.
Masters and Johnson's Sexual Response
Stages of human sexual response cycle - excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution, with a refractory period for men.
Sexual Orientation
Pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to others, including heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual orientations.
Female Sexual Flexibility
Women's fluidity in sexual orientation, influenced by genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors.
Biases Against Non-Heterosexuals
Social biases and discrimination faced by individuals who are not heterosexual.
Evolutionary Theory on Mate Preferences
Males seek youth and physical attractiveness, while females seek resources and stability in partners.
Sexual Scripts
Societal norms about sexual behavior, including paraphilias like fetishism and pedophilia.
Sexual Dysfunctions
Issues with sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain during sexual activities.
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Bacterial STIs like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and viral STIs like herpes and HPV.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
HIV attacks the immune system, leading to AIDS, a severe immune system weakening condition.
Personality
Unique and relatively stable patterns of behavior, thoughts, and emotions displayed by individuals.
Temperament
Basic, innate disposition emerging early in life, influencing natural reactions to stimuli.
Trait Theory
Describes individuals based on their unique characteristics like kindness or adventurousness.
Unconscious
Contains hidden thoughts, memories, and desires influencing behavior below conscious awareness.
Preconscious
Includes thoughts not in awareness but easily brought to consciousness.
Conscious
Contains thoughts and feelings currently aware of.
Id
Operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification.
Pleasure Principle
Drives the id to seek immediate gratification of desires.
Ego
Mediates between id's desires and reality's constraints.
Reality Principle
Guides the ego to delay gratification until appropriate.
Superego
Incorporates moral standards and serves as an internal judge.
Repression
Involves blocking unpleasant emotions from awareness.
Rationalization
Creating logical reasons for shameful behaviors.
Displacement
Shifting emotional impulses to a safer target.
Projection
Attributing unacceptable thoughts to others.
Reaction Formation
Behaving opposite to true feelings.
Denial
Refusing to accept reality.
Regression
Reverting to earlier behaviors under stress.
Sublimation
Channeling impulses into socially acceptable activities.
Identification
Adopting characteristics of others to cope.
Oral
First psychosexual stage focusing on mouth pleasure.
Anal
Stage focusing on control over bowel movements.
Phallic
Stage focusing on genital pleasure and Oedipus complex resolution.
Oedipus Complex
Boy's desire for mother and rivalry with father.
Castration Anxiety
Boy's fear of losing genital organs.
Penis Envy
Girl's jealousy over not having a penis.
Adler, Individual Psychology, Inferiority Complex
Focuses on overcoming inferiority.
Jung, Personal Unconscious, Collective Unconscious, Archetypes
Includes personal and collective unconscious with universal memories.
Horney, Rejected Penis Envy
Disagreed with Freud on women's inferiority.
Non-representative Sample
Freud's theories based on a small group.
Too Focused on Sexual Issues
Freud's theories emphasize sexual development.
Non-testable
Many Freudian concepts are hard to test.
After the Fact Explanations
Freud's theories explain behaviors after they occur.
Applicability Toward Women
Freud's theories criticized for bias against women.
Fixation
Getting stuck in a developmental stage.
Maslow, Characteristics of Self-Actualizers
Individuals realizing full potential.
Rogers, Self-Concept, Ideal Self, Actual Self
Focus on self-concept and unconditional positive regard.
Rotter, Locus of Control, Expectancies
Belief in controlling fate or external factors.
Bandura, Social-Cognitive Perspective, Self-Efficacy
Focus on self-efficacy and reciprocal determinism.
Trait Theories
Describe personality traits without explaining development.
Factor Analysis
Identifies clusters of related traits.
Eysenck’s Introversion-Extroversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism
Measures sociability, emotional stability, and aggressiveness.
The Big 5/Five Factor Model
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism:Describes personality based on five traits.