Developmental Psych (Chaps 1 & 2) Flash Cards

 
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Accordiong to Bronfenbrenner, the contextts of development are like? CIRCLES WITHIN CIRCLES 0 MichaelMorano Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:47:22 GMT view revision history
Since nests are necessary for the survival of young birds. Ethologists say evolutiaon has equipped birds with what? NEST-BUILDING SKILLS 0 MichaelMorano Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:47:22 GMT view revision history
The relationship between individuals and the settings in which they develop is the emphasis of? ECOLOGICAL THEORIES 0 MichaelMorano Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:47:22 GMT view revision history
Sociobiology? USING CONCEPTS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:47:44 GMT view revision history
Genetic mechanims that promote survival

(fear) not being affraid can cause bad behavior.
ETHOLOGY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:47:44 GMT view revision history
Expanding of Piaget's thoery rather than contradict it? NEO-PIAGETIAN 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:47:44 GMT view revision history
Theory of memory three stages? -SENSORY MEMORY
-SHORT-TERM MEMORY
-LONG-TERM MEMORY
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What is the goal of information-processing theory? TO EXPLAIN HOW THE MIND MANAGES INFORMATION 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:36:32 GMT view revision history
Short term memory is often called? WORKING MEMORY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:36:32 GMT view revision history
Scaffolding? VYGOTSKY'S SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:36:32 GMT view revision history
Adolescents learn to think logically about abstract ides and hypothetical situations? FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:36:32 GMT view revision history
Concrete operational stage? -6-12 YEARS OLD
-BEGIN TO THINK LOGICALLY AND BECOME CAPABLE OF SOLVING PROBLEMS.
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From 18 months to about about age 6 youngsters acquire symbolic schemes, such as language and fantasy, that they use thinking and communicating? PREOPERATIONAL STAGE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:21:37 GMT view revision history
Sensorimotor stage? -FROM BIRTH TO 18 MONTHS
-INFANTS USE THE SENSORY AND MOTOR SCHEMES TO ACT ON THE WORLD AROUND THEM
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Jean Piaget's stages of logical cognitive development? -SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
-PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
-CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE
-FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
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A consequence (usually involving something plesant) that follows a behavior and increases the chances that the behavior will occur again? POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:36:39 GMT view revision history
Punishment? ANYTHING THAT FOLLOWS A BEHAVIOR AND CAUSES IT TO STOP 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:36:39 GMT view revision history
Reinforcement? ANYTHING THAT FOLLOWS A BEHAVIOR AND CAUSES IT TO BE REPEATED 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:36:39 GMT view revision history
B.F. Skinner developed? OPERANT CONDITIONING 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:36:39 GMT view revision history
Personality develops through eight life crises across the entire lifespan; a person finishes each crises with either a good or a poor resolution? ERIKSON'S PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:27:06 GMT view revision history
Personality develops in five stages from birth to adolescence; in each state the need for physical pleasures is focuse don a different part of the body? FREUD'S PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:27:06 GMT view revision history
Erikson's psychosocial stages? -TRUST VS MISTRUST
-AUTONOMY VERSUS SHAME AND DOUBT
-INITIATIVE VS. GUILT
-INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY
-IDENTITY VERSUS ROLE CONFUSION
-INTAMACY VS ISOLATION
-GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION
-INTEGRITY VS. DESPAIR
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Eridson developed what theory? PSYCHOSOCIAL THEORY 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:27:06 GMT view revision history
Electra BAD BOND WITH FATHER AND ANXIETY OVER THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF HER MOTHER'S LOVE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:04:20 GMT view revision history
A conflict betweein his affection for his other and his fear of his fear of his father? OEDEIPUS COMPLEX 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:04:20 GMT view revision history
Freud's most controversial idea about early childhood is his assertion that children experience sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent during what stage? PHALLIC STAGE (3-6) 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:04:20 GMT view revision history
Phallic stage? 3-6 YEARS OLD 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:04:20 GMT view revision history
Responsible for keeping the three components of personality in balance? EGO 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:56:53 GMT view revision history
The portion of personality that acts as a moral judge?

Contains the rules of society and develops near the end of early childhood at about age 6.
SUPEREGO 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:56:53 GMT view revision history
If they ID demands food, who job is it to find food? EGO 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:56:53 GMT view revision history
EGO? -THE CONSCIOUS, THINKING PART OF PERSONILITY
-DEVELOPS IN THE FIRST 2-3 YEARS OF LIFE
-KEEPS THE NEEDS OF THE ID SATISFIED
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ID -CONTAINS THE LIBIDO AND OPERATED AT AN UNCONSCIOUS LEVEL
-A PERSONS BASIC AND AGGRESSIVE IMPULSES, WHICH ARE PRESENT AT BIRTH
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Freud argued that personality has three parts? -ID
-EGO
-SUPEREGO
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The motivating force behind most behavior? LIBIDO 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:51:34 GMT view revision history
What do psychoanalytic theorists beliee? DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE HAPPENS BECAUSE INTERNAL DRIVERS AND EMOTIONS INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:51:34 GMT view revision history
pROS OF Pros of longitudinal designes? THEY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGNS BECAUSE THEY FOLLOW THE SAME INDIVIDUALS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:30:37 GMT view revision history
Pros and cons of cross-sectional research design? -EACH PARTICIPANT IS TESTED ONLY ONCE AND CANNOT TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF CHANGE

-VERY USEFUL BECAUSE THEY CAN BE DONE RELATIVELY QUICKLY
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What are the designs for studying age-related changes? -CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN
-LONGITUDINAL DESIGN
-SEQUENTIAL DESIGN
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Cross sectional studies are a form of? QUASI EXPERIMENTS 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:05:43 GMT view revision history
Researchers compare groups withouth assigning the participants randomly? QUASI EXPERIMENTS 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:05:43 GMT view revision history
The dependent variable depends on what? THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE/CAUSE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:05:43 GMT view revision history
The dependent variable is AKA? EFFECT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:05:43 GMT view revision history
The independent variable is AKA? CAUSE 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:38:09 GMT view revision history
What kind of Tx does the control group get? NO TREATMENT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:38:09 GMT view revision history
Experiment? -CAN TEST A HYPOTHESIS
-RANDOMLY ASSIGNED PARTICIPANTS TO DIFFERENT TX AND CONTROL GROUPS
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A study that tests a casual hypothesis? EXPERIMENT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:38:09 GMT view revision history
The nearer the correlation is to _______, the more strongly the two are connected? -1.00 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:25:10 GMT view revision history
Two variables that change in opposite directions have what kind of correlation? NEGATIVE CORRELATION 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:25:10 GMT view revision history
The closer a positive correlation is to _______, the stronger the relationship between the variables? +1.00 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:25:10 GMT view revision history
What does is mean to have a positive correlation? HIGH SCORES ON ONE VARIABLE ARE USUALLY ACCOMPAINED BY HIGH SCORES ON THE OTHER 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:25:10 GMT view revision history
What does a zero correlation indicate? THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO VARIABLES 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:21:22 GMT view revision history
How does laboratory observation differ form naturalistic observation? THE RESEARCHER EXERTS SOME DEGREE OF CONTROL OVER THE ENVIRONMENT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:21:22 GMT view revision history
What is the weakness of a naturalistic observation? OBSERVER BIAS 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:21:22 GMT view revision history
Variables? CHARACTERISTICS THAT VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON, SUCH AS PHYSICAL SIZE, INTELLIGENCE,
AND PERSONALITY
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Explaining development? INVOLVES TELLING WHY A PARTICULAR EVENT OCCURS 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:00:16 GMT view revision history
To describe development? SIMPLY TO STATE WHAT HAPPENS

(EX: OLDER ADULTS MAKE MORE MEMORY ERRORS THAN YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED ADULTS)
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What are the goals of development? -DESCRIBE
-EXPLAIN
-PREDICT
-INFLUENCE
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A sex of age norms defining a sequence of life experiences that is considered normal in a given culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to follow? SOCIAL CLOCK 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:00:16 GMT view revision history
UNIVERSAL AND COMMON TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN A SPECIES AND ARE LINKED TO SPECIFIC AGES?
(ex: baby's first steps)
NORMATIVE AGE GRADED CHANGES 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:17:12 GMT view revision history
What are the three kinds of change? -NORMATIVE AGE GRADED CHANGES
-NORMATIVE HISTORY GRADED CHANGES
-NONNORMATIVE CHANGES
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Nurture? THINGS THAT WE LEARN 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:17:12 GMT view revision history
Nature-nurture debate? THE DEBATE ABOUT THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND EXPERIENTAL FACTORS TO DEVELOPMENT 0 MichaelMorano Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:17:12 GMT view revision history
Periods of development? -PRENATAL
-INFANCY
-EARLY CHILDHOOD
-MIDDLE CHILDHOOD
-ADOLESCENCE
-EARLY ADULTHOOD
-MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
-LATE ADULTHOOD
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Ages for late adulthood? 60 - END OF LIFE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:53:20 GMT view revision history
Ages for early adulthood? 18-40 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:53:20 GMT view revision history
Ages for middle adulthood? 40-60 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:53:20 GMT view revision history
Early childhood is defined as? THE YEARS BETWEEN TWO AND SIX 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:46:33 GMT view revision history
The first two years of birth consistute? INFANCY 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:46:33 GMT view revision history
When does adolescence end? DIFFERENT CULTURES SET DIFFERENT BOUNDRIES FOR THE END OF ADOLESCENCE AND THE BEGINNING OF EARLY ADULTHOOD 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:46:33 GMT view revision history
Puberty signals the end of middle childhood and the beginning of? ADOLESCENCE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:46:33 GMT view revision history
When does infancy begin and end? -BEGINS AT BIRTH
-ENDS WHEN THE CHILD BEGINS TO USE LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE.
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Age related Begins at conception and end at borth? PRENATAL PERIOD 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:41:28 GMT view revision history
Individuals beliefs about themselves are usualloy classified within what domain? SOCIAL DOMAIN 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:41:28 GMT view revision history
Social domain? CHANGES IN VARIABLES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO OTHERS 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:41:28 GMT view revision history
Changes in thinking, memory, problem solving and other intellectual skills? CONGITIVE DOMAIN 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:26:54 GMT view revision history
Changes in the size, shape, and characteristics of the body? PHYSICAL DOMAIN 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:26:54 GMT view revision history
What are the three domains of development? -PHYSICAL
-COGNITIVE
-SOCIAL
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Scientist who study age related changes often use three broad categories called? DOMAINS OF DEVELOPMENT 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:26:54 GMT view revision history
What was one of Balte's most important contributions to the study of human development? THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF ADVANCED AGE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:22:16 GMT view revision history
This person is a leader in the development of a comprehensive theory of lifespan human development? PAUL BALTES 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:22:16 GMT view revision history
Three key elements of lifespan perspective? -PLASTICITY
-INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
-MULTI-CONTEXTUAL NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT
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Maintains that important changes occur during every period of development and that these changes must be interpreted in terms of the cultural and context in which they occur? LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVE 0 MichaelMorano Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:22:16 GMT view revision history

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