Psychology test 1

The period from conception to implantation

The prenatal period of development from implantation until abt the 8th week of development

determines the gender of the baby

The environment that the baby lives in, gets nutrition from the placenta, permeable

delivers nutrition to baby

-rooting (if you touch a baby’s check they will turn and suck on the air there)

-withdrawal (stick a pin in a baby’s foot and they should move away from the pain)

-moro (hold a baby and pretend to drop it, they want to see a big startle response from it)

-babinski (run a pen down a baby’s foot and its toes should spread and flatten (prep for walking)

test of reflexes on babies, it’s an innate reaction and if they don’t do it then they could figure out how to do early intervention on them

- The amt of time spent looking at one stimulus instead of another

- 2-month old infants prefer stimuli that resemble a human face

- 6-8 month old infants develop depth perception and avoid crawling off the “cliff”

- new baby will crawl over plexiglass but veteran crawler will stop at invisible cliff

stage theorist (development is discontinuous)

learning theorists/behaviorists (development is continuous)

children’s cognitive processes develop in an orderly sequence of stages (noticed kids were making the same mistakes at the same age)

responding to new stimuli through a reflex or existing habit

pattern of action/mental structure involved in acquiring or organizing knowledge

creation of new ways of responding to objects or looking at the world

- Piaget’s theory stage 1

- sensory info, motor activity, exploration, modifying behavior through senses (frown, soothing voice)

- A newborn is capable of assimilation

- object permanence (by abt 8-12 months of age the infant realizes that objects that are removed from sight still exist)

- Piaget’s theory stage 2

- the use of words and symbols to represent objects and relationships among them

- egocentrism (kid thinks world revolves around them)

- animism (attribute life and consciousness to physical objects like imaginary friends)

- artificialism (belief that environmental events like rain/thunder are human inventions)

- conservation (basic properties of substances remain the same hen you change superficial properties such as shape like water)

- objective responsibility (child judges ppl based on amt of harm done, not intent like child is tripped by someone and falls vs. falls on accident and skins knee)

- Piaget’s theory stage 3

- kids ages 7-12 show the beginnings of the capacity for adult logic

- do better with tangible rather than abstract ideas

- become subjective in their moral judgements, less egocentric

- reversibility (recognition that processes can be reversed like ice melting and then freezing again)

- deductive logic, mental trial/error, abstract thought

- capable of hypothetical & deductive reasoning

- one must pay attention more to one’s own conscience than to law/authority in determining what is right and wrong

- sequence: preconventional, conventional, postconventional

- Heinz dilemma (poor man can’t afford treatment to cure wife so he stole it)

Applies to most children through the age of 9

Stage 1- obedience & punishment

Stage 2 – Good behavior allows ppl to satisfy needs of self/others

Moral reasoning is judged by conformity to conventional standards of right and wrong

Stage 3 – moral behavior meets the expectations of others

Stage 4 – moral behavior is doing duty and showing respect for authority

Moral reasoning is more complex and focuses on dilemmas in which individual needs are pitted against the need to maintain social order and on personal conscience

Stage 5 – moral judgments based on rules that maintain social order

Stage 6 – ppl must follow universal ethical principles & own conscience

- social and emotional development in childhood

- attachment

- 8 stages of human life

• if one fails at the conflict in any stage, they wont properly develop the skill acquired in that stage

- babies depend on their caretakers therefore their trust is based on the care they receive

- development of self-control

• leads to independence (ex. potty training)

- if not completed can lead to dependence and self esteem issues

- use their power and control as they interact socially with other kids in play situations

- leadership skills

• if not, then leads to guilt & lack of initiative

- getting involved in tasks and mastering basic technology

- gain confidence & pride in their actions/accomplishments (ex. participation trophies)

• if not, then they will doubt themselves

- adolescence

- use social experiences to create career goals & sense of self

- strong in indentity and stay true to themselves

• if not, then leads to “role confusion”

- OUR CURRENT STAGE

- young adult

- relationships develop & sexual love

- intimacy and strong relationships

• if not, then leads to isolation

- middle adult

- guiding others & being creative

- individuals trying to better society

- accomplishment OR no involvement with society/others

• could lead to mid life crisis

- late adult

- accepting life’s cycle

- wisdom & dignity

• if not, then leads to feeling as though they have wasted their life and will be despaired

- secure (mild protest mother’s departure, kids are happier, more sociable and cooperative)

- avoidant (least distressed by mother’s departure, play by themselves & ignore mother’s return)

- ambivalent/resistant (most emotional showing severe signs of distress by mother’s departure, alternate between clinging and pushing mother away)

- Initial-Preattachment phase (indiscriminant attachment)

- Attachment-in-the-making phase (preference for familiar figures)

- Clear-cut-Attachment phase (intensified dependence on primary caregiver)

- learned through experience

- skin contact

- it is an instinct

• critical period in which animal is sensitive to stimuli (if it moves it must be mother)

• also called imprinting

- research with the wire mesh and terrycloth mothers demonstrated that monkeys in danger prefer the terrycloth mother

• inborn need for contact comfort

1. strictness

2. demands for a child to achieve intellectual, emotional and social maturity

3. communication ability

   1. warmth & involvement

- Authoritative (strict but willing to listen, most competent kids)

- Authoritarian (strict and use force, poor communication, cold/rejecting)

- Permissive (easygoing, warm and supportive, poor communication)

- Uninvolved (leave kids on their own, little warmth/encouragement)

- period of transition

- Piaget’s stage of Formal Operations

• abstract thought

- Adolescent Egocentrism

• press for acceptance

- imaginary audience

- personal fable

belief that other ppl are as concerned with our thoughts/behavior as we are

- belief that our feelings/ideas are special

- we are unique

- showing off & taking risks

- Kohlberg’s post-conventional level of moral reasoning

- conscience is the highest moral authority

- need to take into account individual differences and cultural variations

- deaths result from: crashes, homicide, suicide, other

- sociocultural influences have a greater impact on activity levels than hormonal changes

- height of creativity, memory functioning & intelligence

- everything declines with age

represents a lifetime

- most fluid

- healthier as they advance

- more productive and have better relationships

- young (intimacy vs isolation)

- middle (generativity vs stagnation)

- late (ego integrity vs despair)

1. denial

2. anger

3. bargaining

4. depression

5. acceptance