conventional morality
adolescents, follow rules because they exist to keep order
postconventional morality
adults, they do what they believe is right
carol gilligan
said moral reasoning and mora behaviors are two different things
erikson
worked on socioemotional development; 8 stages of crisis
trust vs mistrust
birth-18 months; if basic needs will be met
antonomy vs shame and doubt
1-3 years; learning to exercise their will and think for themselves
initiative vs guilt
3-6 years; learn to start tasks and carry out plans
industry vs inferiority
6-puberty; learn pleasure of applying themselves to tasks
identity vs role confusion
adolescence-20s; refine sense of self by testing roles and forming an identity
intimacy vs isolation
20s-40s; form close relationships and gain capacity for love
generativity vs stagnation
40s-60s; discover sense of contributing to the world
integrity vs despair
60s-above; reflect on your life
cellular clock theory
cells have a max number of divisions
free-radical theory
unstable oxygen molecules within cells damage DNA
cross-sectional study
studies of people that are different ages at the same point in time
longitudinal study
studies done on on the same people over time
zygote
0-14 days, cells dividing
embryo
until ~9 weeks, vital organs formed
fetus
9 weeks- birth, overall development
teratogens
external agents that could disrupt baby’s development (alcohol, drugs)
maturation
natural course of development
reflexes
innate responses baby is born with (rooting)
jean piaget
worked on cognitive development
schemas
what information is organized into
assimilation
putting new information into preexisting schema
accommodation
adjusting preexisting schema to fit new information
sensorimotor stage
0-2 years, no object permanence and develop sense of self
pre-operational stage
2-7 years, lack conservation and reversibility but are egocentric
concrete operational stae
7-11 years, operational thinking and classification and can think logically
formal operational stage
11-15 years, use abstract ideas and thoughts and have hypothetical-deductive reasoning
vygotsky’s theory
cognitive development is a social process
harry harlow
MONKEYS
baumdind
parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive and authoriative)
mary ainsworth
stranger situation paradigm on attachment
kohlberg
worked on moral development
preconventional morality
children, follow the rules to avoid punishment