Unit 7 by jenna zimmemrnn https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm Ap Psychology en-us 2017-01-23 13:21:58 UTC 2025-12-07 12:35:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Monday, Jan 23 jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/148694563 developmental research 
  • correlation- shows relationship
  • cross-sectional- research done on many subjects of different ages at the same time
    • pros: avoids high attrition rate, less expensive 
    • cons: maturation age may be different, different groups are not always alike 
  • longitudinal- research done over a period of time 
    • pros: if it is successful, it is most helpful and gives strongest conclusion
    • cons: hard to complete, high attrition rate 
Prenatal development and the new born 
rooting
swallowing
sucking
Babinski 
stepping
]]> 2017-01-23 13:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/148694563 Piaget: cognitive development jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/149001015 Jean Piaget (developmental psychologist)
four stages
assimilation: interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schema
accommodation: adapting one's current understandings (schema) to Incorporate new information
theory of the mind: idea about own and others mental states might predict
conservation: difference in amount or other

moral development: Kohlberg ]]> 2017-01-24 13:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/149001015 Wednesday, Jan 25 jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/149296556 Social development: parent + child relations
Eric Erickson's stages of development
  1. infancy---------trust vs mistrust------------if needs are dependably met, infants develop basic sense of trust 
  2. toddler---------autonomy vs shame-----toddlers learn to exercise/do things for them self or they doubt their abilities  
  3. preschooler-----initiative vs guilt-------preschoolers learn to take initiative for their own tasks, or feel guilty about being independent 
  4. elementary -------competence vs inferiority----children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks or they feel inferior 
  5. teens------identity vs role confusion----- refining a sense of self or they become confused who they are 
  6. young adult----intimacy vs motivation----struggle to form close relations ships and feel love or feel socially isolated 
  7. middle adult------generativity vs stagnation ------contributing to the world through family and work, or not doing anything
  8. late adult------integrity vs failure----when reflecting on life, adult may feel satisfaction or failure 
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  1. Basic trust   
    1. a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy 
    2. major task with each stage of life
    3. responsive caregivers 
  2. self concept
    1. sense of one's identity and personal worth 

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Moral Development: Kohlberg
  1. preconventional level: morality of self-interest to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards 
  2. conventional level: morality of law and social rules:to gain approval or avoid disapproval 
  3. postconventional level: morality of abstract principals: to affirm agreed-upon rights 
Moral development:Gilligan
(model of development of woman)
  1. level 1: orientation of individual survival 
    1. transition 1: from selfishness to responsibility 
  2. level 2: goodness as self sacrifice
    1. transition 2: from goodness to truth
  3. level 3: morality of non-violence 
infancy and childhood dev.
Why do children play?
Piaget says: overcome egocentrism / learning through first hand experiences 
Vygotsky says: delaying immediate gratification / practice self regulation- learn to think about own world 
  •  social interaction: learning is development enhanced with new tasks 
  • zone of proximal development 
    • consciousness is the product of socialization 
  • private speech (talking to yourself as a child) vs inner speech (inside your head)
Language Development theories 
Critical period: window of opportunity for learning a language
chomsky: born with internal mechanism
Whorf: language determines how we think
Ainsworth Theory
  • secure vs insecure attachment
  • anxious resistent insecure attachment
    • rage at mother when she returns from leaving
  • avoidant insecure attachment
    • may not notice mother is gone  

]]> 2017-01-26 13:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/149576902 Monday, Jan 30 jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/150209716 4 styles of parenting 
  1. authoritarian- imposes rules and expects obedience
  2. permissive- submits to children desires, makes few demands, uses little punishment  
  3. authoritative- both demanding and responsive 
  4. uninvolved/ detached- don't pay attention nor spend time with them, gives little effort to child, child will eventually act out to get attention 
Punishment
must be immediate
adults model aggression
adolesence
primary sex characteristics- anatomy of reproduction develops
secondary sex characteristics- non-anatomical sex characteristics 
(often times we skip adolescence because we move kids from childhood to adulthood too fast)
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  1. Stanley hall (three key aspects)
    1. conflict with parents
    2. mood disruptions
    3. risky behavior 
  2. Margaret mead (easy transition)
    1. not harsh and difficult but easy to use
  3. erikson
    1. identity vs moral confusion
  4. James Marcia (identity)
    1. identity diffusion-sense of having no choices/ unwilling to commit
    2. identity foreclosure-conform to expectations to others 
    3. identity moratorium-crisis, ready for choices, but not sure
    4. identity achievement-  commit to own identity and resolve crisis 
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future trends
adolescence lasts longer
people are getting married later
sexual maturity occurs earlier
sexual activity is increasing in teens
adulthood: physical and cognitive development
  • dementia and Alzheimers 
Alzheimers is irreversible
deteriorates whole brain 
starts in hippocampus (memory) then whole body becomes effected 
  • crystallized intelligence: life experience and everything you have learned
  • fluid intelligence: school intelligence 
  • stages of grief: 
denial 
anger
bargaining
acceptance


]]> 2017-02-01 13:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/150817921 Gone to the dogs jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/151120247 1) does the case of federal children support nature vs nurture
2) which language theory is supported?]]> 2017-02-02 13:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/151120247 PROJECT jennazim5207 https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/151424379 language development (megan): coin thing, language thing 
coins: spread out 
moral development (maddie): coin thing 
spread out coins and explain if you choose this one, you get all of these and your partner gets the rest of these, or if you choose that one your partner gets the rest of these ]]> 2017-02-03 13:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jennazim5207/xrizufac0bdm/wish/151424379