scientific study of change and stability throughout the human lifespan; is interdisciplinary - ANSWER human development
all aspects of human development from conception to death - ANSWER lifespan development
what are the goals of human development? - ANSWER describe (when do children say thei...
scientific study of change and stability throughout the human lifespan; is interdisciplinary - ANSWER
human development
all aspects of human development from conception to death - ANSWER lifespan development
what are the goals of human development? - ANSWER describe (when do children say their first words?)
explain (how do children learn to use language?)
predict (will delayed language development affect speech?)
intervene (can therapy help speech delays?)
what are the domains of development? - ANSWER physical, cognitive, and psychosocial
growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health - ANSWER physical domain of
development
mental abilities (intelligence, learning, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, creativity) - ANSWER
cognitive domain of development
personality, emotions, social relationships - ANSWER psychosocial domain of development
how might one domain affect other domains? - ANSWER who you surround yourself with or changing
your habits
what are the 8 periods of life? - ANSWER prenatal period, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood,
middle childhood, adolescence, emerging and young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood
, inborn trait or characteristics from biological parents (nature) - ANSWER heredity
world outside the self, learning from experience (nurture) - ANSWER environment
body/brain capacity for change based on experience (learning to walk again after major trauma) -
ANSWER plasticity
set of logically related concepts or statements that seek to describe and explain development, predicts
what kinds of behavior might occur, and helps organize and explain - ANSWER theory
what are the three theoretical issues - ANSWER 1. nature vs nurture
2. are humans active or reactive in their development
3. is development continuous or does it occur in stages
, psychosexual development; unconscious force; first 6 years is most important for developing; believed
that people are born with biological drives that must be redirected to make it possible to live in society -
ANSWER Sigmund Freud
what are the three parts of a personality - ANSWER id, ego, and superego
demanding, seek gratification/pleasure (ex. when babies want something) - ANSWER id
gradually develops over first year; voice of reason; balances the id - ANSWER ego
early childhood (5 to 6); your conscious; makes you feel guilty - ANSWER superego
what are the five stages of development - ANSWER oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
sucking and feeding; from birth to 12-18 months - ANSWER oral
potty training; 12-18 months to 3 years - ANSWER anal
attachment to parents; 3 to 6 years old - ANSWER phallic
socialization; 6 years old to puberty - ANSWER latency
mature adult sexuality; puberty to adulthood - ANSWER genital
strong attachment to parent of opposite sex - ANSWER oedipus and electra complex
psychosocial development; emphasized influence of society; development is lifelong; 8 stages of life (a
"crisis" in personality at each stage; requires balance of a positive trait and a corresponding negative
trait; basic trust vs no trust which is tied to infancy); modified and extended Freudian theory by
emphasizing the influence of society on the developing personality (qualitative change) - ANSWER Erik
Erikson
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