Child Development Study Guide for Test 1 on Chapters 1 & 2
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"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."
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The scientific study of the patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur from conception through adolescence.
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Time frames of development
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Prenatal: from conception to birth
Infancy or toddlerhood: from birth to 3 years old
Preschoolers: from 3 years old to 6 years old
School-agers: from 6 years old to 12 years old
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Five Perspectives on Human Development
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Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Contextual
Evolutionary
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The approach (perspective) to the study of development that states behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories and conflicts of which a person has little awareness or control
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Psychodynamic Perspective
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suggests that unconscious forces determine personality and behavior
id, ego, superego
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Psychoanalytic Theory
SIGMUND FREUD
(Psychodynamic Perspective)
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the approach to the study of development that encompasses changes in the understanding individuals have of their interactions with others, of others' behavior and of themselves as members of society
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Psychosocial theory
ERIK ERIKSON
(Psychodynamic Perspective)
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The approach to the study of development that suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and outside stimuli in the environment
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B.F. Skinner
(Behavioral Perspective)
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Classical Conditioning
A type of learning in which an organism responds in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring that type of response
Operant Conditioning
A form of learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its association with positive or negative consequences
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A formal technique for promoting the frequency of desirable behaviors and decreasing the incidence of unwanted ones
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Behavior Modification
(Behavioral Perspective)
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The approach to the study of development that focuses on the processes that allow people to know, understand, and think about the world
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Jean Piaget's Theory
(Cognitive Perspective)
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Schemes--> the way he suggest human thinking is arranged into... organized mental patterns that represent behaviors and actions
Adaptation: the way in which children respond and adjust to new information
Assimilation: the process in which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking
Accommodation: refers to changes in existing ways of thinking in response to encounters with new stimuli or events (change their actions)
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Approaches to the study of cognitive development that seek to identify the ways individuals take in, use, and store information
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Information-Processing Approaches
(Cognitive Perspective)
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The perspective that considers the relationship between individuals and their physical, cognitive, personality, social, and physical worlds.
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The perspective suggesting that different levels of the environment simultaneously influence every biological organism
An approach that emphasizes how cognitive development proceeds as a result of social interactions among members of a culture
Lev Vygotsky (ZPD: ZONE OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS)
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Sociocultural Theory
(Contextual Perspective)
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The theory that seeks to identify behavior that is the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors
evolution of the environment and its influences on individuals (Konrad Lorenz)
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Evolutionary Perspectives
Ethology
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the process of posing and answering questions using careful, controlled techniques that include systematic, orderly observation and the collection of data
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Scientific Method (Scientific Method and Research)
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Tabula rasa/ blank slate (nuturing aspect)
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noble savage (nature aspect)
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studied child intelligence looking at memory and mental calculation
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used questionnaires to look at thinking and behavior
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Development involving the body's physical makeup, including the brain, nervous system, muscles, and senses and the need fro food, drink, and sleep
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Development involving the ways that growth and change in intellectual capabilities influence a person's behavior
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Development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the life span
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The way in which individual's interactions with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
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Children pass through a series of stages in which pleasure or gratification is focused on a particular biological function and body part
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Psychosexual Development
SIGMUND FREUD
(Psychodynamic Perspective)
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An approach to the study of development that emphasizes learning by observing the behavior of another person called a model
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Social Cognitive Learning Theory
(Behavioral Perspective)
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Explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of interest, providing a framework for understanding the relationships among an organized set of facts or principles
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Theory (Scientific Method and Research)
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A prediction stated in a way that permits it to be tested
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Hypothesis (Scientific Method and Research)
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A group of people born at around the same time in the same place
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Gradual Development in which achievements at one level build on those of previous levels
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Development that occurs in distinct steps or stages, with each stage bringing about behavior that is assumed to be qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages
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A specific time during development when a particular event has its greatest consequences
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The degree to which a developing behavior or physical structure is modifiable
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A specific time when organisms are particularly susceptible to certain kinds of stimuli in their environment
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The process of the predetermined unfolding of genetic information
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Research that seeks to identify whether an association or relationship between two factors exists
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Research designed to discover casual relationships between various factors
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Studies in which researchers observe some naturally occurring behavior without intervening or making changes in the situation
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Extensive, in-depth interviews with a particular individual or small group of individuals
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Research in which a group of people chosen to represent some larger population are asked questions about their attitudes, behavior, or thinking on a given topic
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A research approach that focuses on the relationship between physiological processes and behavior
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Psychophysiological methods
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A process in which an investigator, called an experimenter, devises two different experiences for subjects or participants
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A procedure applied by an experimental investigator based on two different experiences devised for subjects or participants
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The group in an experiment that receives the treatment
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The group in an experiment that receives either no treatment or an alternative treatment
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The variable in an experiment that is manipulated by researchers
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The variable in an experiment that is measured and is expected to change as a result of the experimental manipulation
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A group of participants chosen for an experiment
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A research investigation carried out in a naturally occurring setting
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A research investigation conducted in a controlled setting explicitly designed to hold events constant
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Research designed specifically tot test some developmental explanation and expand scientific knowledge
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Research meant to provide practical solutions to immediate problems
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Research in which the behavior of one or more individuals is measured as the subjects age
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Research in which people of different ages are compared at the same point in time
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Studies in which researchers examine members of a number of different age groups as several points in time