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when does growth occur?
At every period of life, from conception through elder
what three systems interact during human life?
The biological, psychological, and societal systems.
a few change factors for the biological systems
include genetics, nutrition, and health.
a few change factors for the psychological system
include cognition, emotions, and social interactions.
A few change factors for the societal system
include culture, socioeconomic status, and public policies. and individual behavior
facts related to life expectancy
include genetics, lifestyle choices, healthcare access, and environmental factors.
what contributes to longevity
high levels of education, high levels of income, being married, having a low body-weight
theory
A system of concepts that provide a framework of organizing, interpreting and understanding observations with a goal of explaining and predicting behavior
Psychosocial evolution
The contribution of each generation to the knowledge and norms of society
6 elements of phychosocial theory
Stages of development, developmental tasks, psychosocial crisis, central process for resolving the crisis at each stage, networks of significant relationships, and coping
10 stages of development
Infancy, toddlerhood, early school age, middle childhood, early adolescence, later adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood, elderhood
The radius of significant relationships, 3 contexts of development
Family, culture, ethnic group
what is prime adaptive ego quality
Mental states that form a basic orientation toward the interpretation of life experiences
evolutionary psychology
The study of the long-term historical origins of behavior
what three stages of the lifespan does evolutionary theory highlight
childhood, adulthood, elder hood
3 parts of personality based on freud
Id, Ego, Superego
Freud’s 5 stages of development
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
freud and Erickson similarities
both believed in the power of the unconscious
how does Piaget explain adaptation
Assimilation and accommodation
Piagets 4 stages of cognitive development
Sensorimotor intelligence, pre-operational thought, concrete operational thought, and formal operational thought
Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development
The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem-solving
how does classical conditioning apply to human learning
associations
who is associated with classical conditioning
Pavlov
How does operant conditioning apply to human learning?
repetition and consequences
who is associated with operant conditioning
Skinner
How does social learning apply to human learning?
Observation and imitation
who is associated with social learning
Bandura
differences between individualism and collectivism
Individual = freedom and independence, collectivism = group, Harmony, and consensus
Brofenbrenner layers
Micro, Meso, Macro, Chrono
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