UNIT 1 Flashcards

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What is the Life Span Perspective?

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Development refers to the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span.

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Two approaches of Development

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Life-Span Approach, Traditional Approach

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Life-Span Appproach

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Developmental change is throughout childhood to adulthood. No plateau.

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Traditional Approach

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Development focuses on certain highlights. Every moment there are changes…
Incline - Childhood
Plateau - Adulthood
Decline - Old Age

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8 Characteristics of the Lifespan Approach

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  1. Lifelong
  2. Multidirectional
  3. Multidimensional
  4. Multidisciplinary
  5. Plastic
  6. Contextual
  7. Growth, Maintenance, and Regulation of Loss
  8. Co-Construction of Biology, Culture, and the Individual
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Lifelong

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Development is lifelong and never stops.
No domination of one age period over another.

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Multidirectional

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Growth/Development may be linear, decline, incline, be in stages, unpredictable, etc.

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Multidimensional

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A person can develop biologically, socio-emotionally, and cognitively.
Development of these aspect may not be simultaneous or at the same speed.

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Plastic

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Plasticity in Psychology: the capability/ability to change; to be shaped, molded or altered.

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Multidisciplinary

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Different expertise have different ways of viewing things.
Merging and integration of multiple disciplines is important.

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Contextual

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All development occurs within a context.

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Norm

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The standard/The natural agreed expectation

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Three Subcomponents of the Contextual Characteristic

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Normative Age-Graded Influence
Historic Age-Graded Influence
Non-Normative Life Events

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Normative Age-Graded Influence

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Events that are expected that people may experience in correlation to the norm of their age.

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Historic Age-Graded Influence

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Historical Events that impacts and influences people’s lives and mindsets.

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Non-Normative Life Events

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Unpredictable traumatic experiences that have heavy impacts on people’s life.
A wakeup call.

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Growth, Maintenance, and Regulation of Loss

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How a person manages and faces the changes and challenges of growing, and your mindset towards it.

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Co-Construction of Biology, Culture, and the Individual

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How we adapt to our environment.

The pandemic (biology) taught us a lot about ourselves (individual) and to be mindful of our hygiene [to wear masks] (culture).

The brain shapes the culture and the culture shapes the brain

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Contemporary Concerns about Development

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Health and Wellbeing
parenting and Education
Sociocultural Context and Diversity

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Health and Wellbeing

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Mental health concerns are real.
Work-life balance is essential for one’s well-being.

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Parenting and Education

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Positive Parenting

Relationship should not be a dictatorship.

There are different types of parents, different types of individual situation.

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Sociocultural Contexts and Diversity

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Gender Issues, Mixed Race Issues.

There are a lot of factors considered when talking about full development.

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Nature of Development

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The patterns that we need to look into in order to develop

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The three processes of Nature of Development

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Biological, Socio-emotional, Cognitive

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Biological Processes
DNA, Genetics, Bodily Organ Condition etc. Physical aspects, nature, and one’s capabilities.
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Socio-Emotional Processes
Behavior of people; how were you brought up? How does a child interact with different people?
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Cognitive Processes
How you think and process your thoughts.
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Periods of Development
Prenatal period Infancy Early Childhood Middle and Late Childhood Adolescence Early Adulthood Middle Adulthood Late Adulthood
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Prenatal Period
Conception to birth (9 months)
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Infancy
Birth to 1-2 years Development of infant and their heavy dependence on their parents.
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Early Childhood
2 - 6 years old (play years) Devours all knowledge and interaction Preschool years
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Middle and Late Childhood
6-11 years Development of basic skills Elementary years
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Adolescence
10/12-18/21 years Puberty; transition period
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Early adulhood
20s-30s Making life-changing decisions
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Middle Adulhood
40s-60s Where life “begins” and health declines
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Late Adulthood
60s/70s to death
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Four Ages of Development
First Age Second Age Third Age Fourth Age
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First Age
Childhood and Adolescence
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Second Age
Prime Adulthood (20s-50s)
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Third Age
Approx. 60-79 years
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Fourth Age
Approx. 80 year and older
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Three Developmental Patterns of Aging
Normal Aging Pathological Aging Successful Aging
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Normal Aging
Your development of growth follows the curve of the norm.
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Pathological Aging
You don’t take care/maintain yourself as much as you’re supposed to. Prone to illnesses and sicknesses.
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Successful Aging
You have a positive outlook in life. You take care of/ maintain of yourself. You live longer, happier, life.
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Conceptions of Age
Chronological Age Biological Age Psychological Age Social Age
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Chronological Age
Your age since your birth.
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Biological Age
Focuses on the age of your vital organs. Related to genes
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Psychological Age
Adaptive capacity compared to those of the same chronological age. How you take care of yourself (positively or negatively) in response with the stressors around you. Coping mechanisms.
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Social Age
Your connectedness to others and how you adapt to your environment.
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Developmental Issues
Nature vs Nurture Stability vs Change Continuous vs Discontinuous
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Nature vs Nurture
**Nature:** Depends on DNA, Genes, and Hereditary factors **Nurture:** Depends on your environment and experiences.
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Stability vs Change
**Stability:** Traits from childhood is permanent throughout adulthood. **Change:** Traits from childhood may change throughout adulthood.
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Continuous vs Discontinuous
**Continuous**: No stages or pauses. Gradual changes throughout the lifespan. **Discontinuous**: There are abrupt or distinct changes throughout the lifespan.
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Theories of Development
Psychoanalytic Theories Cognitive Theories Behavioral and Social Cagnitive Theories Ecological Theories Ethological Theories
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Psychosexual Stages
Sigmund Freud (1856-1836) Oral - Birth to 1.5 year Anal - 1.5 to 3 years Phallic.- 3 to 6 years latency - 6 years to puberty Genital - puberty onward
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Psychosocial Stages
Erik Erikson (1902-1994) Trust vs Mistrust (1 year) Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt (1-3 years) Initiative vs Guilt (3-5 years) Industry vs Inferiority (6 years to puberty) Identity vs Identity Confusion (10-20 years) Intimacy vs Isolation (20-30 years) Generativity vs Stagnation (40-50 years) Integrity vs Despair (60 years onwards)
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TRUST VS MISTRUST
Child needs physical and psychological care. Child must have attachment to someone trustworthy (primary caregivers) Virtues: Hope and Optimism vs Fear, Suspicion, and Lack of Self-Confidence
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AUTONOMY vs DOUBT and SHAME
Child encounters rules. **supportive parents:** helps build child’s autonomy and strengthen their will **overprotective parents:** child may loose their self-control and develop shame and doubt. VIRTUES: Will vs Fear and Suspicion
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INITIATIVE vs GUILT
Play years. Play is important for the child to explore the world and develop a sense of purpose and direction. If not, then they may be passive about the world if they are sheltered. Intentions to explore are not malicious, just pure curiosity VIRTUES: Purpose vs Carefree
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INDUSTRY vs INFERIORITY
Thirsty for knowledge. Mastery skills are being honed. Development of skills through small tasks like chores is important. Being sheltered ma leave the child inadequate. VIRTUES: Inadequacy vs Mastery
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IDENTITY vs IDENTITY CRISIS
Discovering one’s identity and uniqueness. What kind of person do I want to be? Marcia’s identity Statuses VIRTUES: Fidelity by making commitment to own values, organizations, and peope.
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Marcia’s Identity Statuses
**IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT:** Committed and has explored **IDENTITY MORATORIUM:** Not committed and has explored **IDENTITY FORECLOSURE:** Committed but has not explored **IDENTITY DIFFUSION:** Not committed and has not explored
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INTIMACY vs ISOLATION
Making relationships with others; significant others and friends. VIRTUES: mutual Devotion and Commitment vs Withdrawal and Fear of Commitments.
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GENERATIVITY vs STAGNATION
How can I contribute to the world? Generativity: Learn how to mentor the young. Stagnation: Self-Centeredness (mabigat na midlife crisis) VIRTURES: Care vs Insensitivity
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INTEGRITY vs DESPAIR
What kind of life have you lived? Individual has wisdom and inhibitions. VIRTUES: Wisdom
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Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget (1896-1934) The way we think is how to organize and to adapt to situations that are challenging. Sensorimotor (Birth-2 years): Object Permanence Preoperational (2-7 years): Egocentrism Concrete Operational (7-11 years): Conservation Formal Operational (11 years onward): Manipulation of Ideas
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Epigenetic Principle
Erik Erikson We develop through the predetermined unfolding of our personalities in 8 stages. The performance of each stage is determined by the success or lack of success of the previous stages.
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Sociocultural Cognitive Development (Sociohistoric / sociocultural theory)
Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) Children acquire culture, belief, and strategies through collaborative dialogue with more knowledgable members of society.
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Assisted Learning
Providing strategic hep during initial stages and then gradually promote independence.
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Zone of proximal development
Tasks that are too difficult for children to master alone, but can be learned through guidance of a teacher. **Upper Limit:** idependent on others when learning. **Lower Limit:** independent in learning.
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Vygotsky’s Concepts
Scaffolding - help from teacher Private Talk - talking w/ self Co-Constructed Process - study group Cultural Symbols - visual aid and tools
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Information Processing Theory
Robert Siegler (1949-present) - The human mind operated like a computer. - It has logical rules and limitations. - It is how you interpret, process, and store what you experience. **Perception:** How you interpret society **Working Memory:** What you want to store in your mind **Long Term:** What you want to store for life
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Operant conditioning
Burrhus Fredrick Skinner (1904-1990) Consequences of a behavior produce changes in the probability of the behavior’s occurrence. If there’s a reward, the likelihood of the behavior increases. And vice versa.
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Social Cognitive Theory
Albert Bandura (1925-present) People learn through observing.
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(Bio)Ecological Theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) A person develops through five environmental systems: Microsytem Mesosystem Exosystem Macrosystem Chronosystem
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Ethological Theory of Attachment
John Bowlby (1907-1990) Importance of human attachment and trust to the primary caregiver during the first year of life.
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Ethological Theory
Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989) Reflexive Behavior of newborn babies as innate abilities that promote survival. Strongly influenced by biology. Characterized by critical sensitive periods; strong attachments form during critical periods.