yr 11 Lifespan psychology

what is developmental psychology

specializes in the study of the changes that occur from conception to death, the aim of developmental psychology is to explore the changes on thoughts and feelings throughout the lifespan.

how may periods of development are there in someone’s lifetime

8

how many types of development are there?

4

what are the different types of development

Social, Emotional, Physical, cognitive

what is social development

changes in individuals relationships with others integration skills, this can include online or in person

What is physical development?

changes in the body and its various systems such as development of the brain and nervous system bones and muscles motor skills hormonal changes.

what is emotional development

changes in how individuals express and experience different feelings include and how we recognize others emotion

what is cognitive development

cognitive development changes in mental abilities such as learning memory perception thinking language moral reasoning and problem

what does nature refer to?

nature to all of the genes and hereditary factors, that can influence who we are-from our physical appearance to our personal characteristics.

What is nurture

nurture to all environmental variables that impact who we are, hour early childhood experience how we were raised our social relationships and our surrounding culture.

what does attachment refer to

this refers to the emotional bond that forms between an infant and another person

does the quality of attachment impact someone in adult hood

this refers to the emotional bond that forms between an infant and another person

who created the attachment theory

Mary Ainsworth and psychiatrist John Bowlby in the 1950s

how many types of attachment are there

4

what does secure attachment

this is when the caregiver is used as a secure base, may show distress at separation but soothed at reunion.

what is resistant attachment

less common attachment, the infant remains close to the caregiver and not eager to explore, distressed on separation, this is a result of caregivers not being responsive.

what is avoidant attachment

this is when an infant is unresponsive to caregiver not distressed by parting.

what is disorganized attachment

inconsistent behaviors when separated and reunited, display odd behaviors on reunion this can be linked to infant mistreatment.

what is a schema

is the basic building blocks of intelligent behavior- a way of organizing knowledge, also known as units of knowledge.

what is adaption though assimilation

child sees dolphin- Assimilation- children calls dolphin a fish.

what is accommodation

child forms new concept of animal that lives in water and comes to the surface to breath.

what are piaget’s 4 stages

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

what are the key parts of the sensorimotor stage

at 7 months object permanencies developed, goal directed behavior is established.

what are the key parts of the pre-operational stage

symbolic thinking is established, the imagination is used and can turn an object into anything. preoperational children can be egocentric. animism is used throughout this stage.

what are the key features of the concrete operational stage

classification

are there criticisms of Piaget

the changes from one stage to another are neither as clear cut nor as sweeping as Piaget implied.

he overestimated adult abilities, he ignored social factors of family situations, the method was criticized as he used his own children, and the controlled variables have been tested.