Physical development is characterized by
How brain, nervous system, sensory capabilities affect behavior
Which examples of questions asked, would be considered Physical development ?
*What determines the sex of a child?
*What are the earliest memories that can be recalled from infancy?
*Do newborns respond differently to their mothers than to others?
*What determines the sex of a child?
Which types of influence focuses on the history and cohort/sociocultural
Group specific changes
In the universal changes, a person is likely to be influenced by maturation or non-normative life events
Aged-graded influences
A group of people born at around the same time in the same place
Cohorts
Discontinuous change is characterized by gradual cumulative change or distinct stage and qualitative
Distinct stages
Sensitive period in the nature of change is different from critical periods.
Because consequence can be reversed.
In the gene x environment interaction, is nature influenced by external
External influences
Which theory of development describes behaviour as inner force motivated (and who are the main psychologist)
Psychodynamic perspective
- Sigmund Freud
- Erikson
According to Freud, which aspect of personality is driven by impulses : sex hunger, aggression
Id
Describe the Ego, which aspect of personality does it subdues
Develops out of id and subdues its
impulses.
Which aspect of personality is described as :provides a sense of right and wrong based
on morality; conscience
Gained from significant figures in life
Superego
Erikson defined adolescence (terms stages of psychosocial development)
Identity vs Inferiority
What approximate age is generativity vs stagnation? (Erikson)
Middle adulthood (Erikson)
In late adulthood, positive outcomes is
Sense of of unity in life’s
accomplishments
In late adulthood, negative outcomes is
Regret over lost opportunities in life
In Early adulthood (Erikson)
Behavioral perspective was the dominant of the three perspectives; they are (who are the main psychologists).
- Classical conditioning ( Ivan Pavlov)
- Operant conditioning (Watson)
- Social-cognitive learning theory (Skinner)
An organism responds in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about that type of response. This description of which conditioning
Classical conditioning
