Psych Ch. 5 (Developmental)

3 main VS. topics

Nature vs. nurture

Stages vs. Continuity

Stability vs. Change

Teratogens

Environ. impacts negatively affect fetal development (smoking/drink)

Cognition

Think/know/remember/communicate

Maturation

Biological growth sequence

Schemas

Mental maps to store experiences

Assimilation

Interpret new info based on previous knowledge

Accommodation

Adapt/adjust schema w/new info

Critical Period

Stage to foster healthy development

Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

Sensorimotor/Preoperational/Concrete Operational/Formal Operational

Explain all Piaget’s Stages

Sensorimotor (0-2 yrs): learn through senses/actions.

Preoperational (2-6 yrs) symbols to represent items. No logical reason

Concrete operational (7-12 yrs): Concrete objects/conservation.

Formal operational (12+ yrs): Abstract reasoning

Egocentrism

Assume everyone feels/thinks/sees same. Hard see another’s POV

attachment

infant-caregiver nourishment

Conservation

Same quantity/diff shape

adolescent egocentrism

Unique teen experiences compared to other teens

Alzheimer’s disease

Irreversible dementia type. Impaired speech/flat affect/confusion. deteriorates acetylcholine (for memory)

bereavement

Emotion/role changes due loved one’s death

cognition

impulse control/process speed

concrete operational stage

3rd Piaget’s stage; Mental operations w/concrete items (6-12 yrs)

demandingness

Obedience/responsibility

dementia

degenerating brain (impaired memory)

emerging adulthood

18-25 yrs

formal operational stage

Piaget’s 4th stage ; abstract mental operations (12+ yrs)

identity

Consistent sense of who you are

imprint

Recognize person as caregiver

insecure attachment

anxiety/avoidance w/relationships

intimacy

Emotion/romantic relations

maturation

biological growth sequence

menarche

1st menstrual period (avg age: 11 yrs)

menopause

No more baby production. women in 50s.

moral development

know right/wrong

moral intuitions

gut feelings

object permanence

Objects exists even w/o seeing them

palliative care

care people w/illness ; improve patient/family’s life quality

parenting style

Impart beliefs/behavior/standards on kids

preoperational stage

Piaget’s 2nd stage ; mentally represent items w/symbols. no logic reasoning (2-6 yrs)

puberty

Sexual maturity

resiliency

Overcome stress/trauma

responsiveness

parent’s warmth/respond to kid’s needs/wants

schemas

Store experience in mental maps

secure attachment

Happily explore world w/caretaker

self-concept

sense of self (inc. abilities)

sensorimotor stage

Piaget’s 1st stage ; learn through senses/actions (0-2 yrs)

spermarche

1st sperm w/ejaculation

strange situation

Mary Ainsworth’s children-caregiver attachment experiment

social clock

“Leave home/get job/marry/kids/retire” time

stranger anxiety

Stranger outside caregiver schema

temperament

emotional reactivity/intensity (Ex:Mary Ainsworth)

Primary sex characteristics

External genitalia/Internal reproductive organs

Secondary sex characteristics

Breasts/hips/facial hair/deep voices