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Intro to Lifespan Development
What is developmental psychology ...,
What is developmental psychology ...,
The field of developmental scienc...
29  cards
simple periods of development (name and age)
The first stage,
The second stage name and ages,
The third stage name and ages
10  cards
Issues in Lifespan Development
What do modern psychologists pref...,
Define behavioural genetics,
Specific hereditary marks a broad...
11  cards
Historical Theories on Development
Describe preformationism,
Describe children according to th...,
Apply nature vs nurture to prefor...
19  cards
Psychosocial Development
Erik erikson s years theory of de...,
Describe how erikson broke freud ...,
What did erikson propose periods ...
11  cards
Operant Conditioning: Types of Reinforcers
Operant conditioning positive means,
In operant conditioning negative ...,
In operant conditioning a reinfor...
8  cards
Cognitive Theories
Behaviourism is based on the prem...,
Behaviourists believe that psycho...,
Skinner used the ideas of along w...
17  cards
Jean Piaget's Developmental Stages
List the four stages of child dev...,
Describe the sensorimotor stage a...,
Describe the pre operational stag...
5  cards
Research Methods in LsD
Define what a research design is,
Describe the strengths of a longi...,
List the three limitations of a l...
16  cards
Ch. 3
Genes are,
Proteins are responsible for,
Genes are located on there are an...
34  cards
Ch. 3 (part 2: Prenatal Development)
Name the three stages of prenatal...,
Briefly describe the germinal per...,
Briefly describe the embryonic pe...
19  cards
Ch.3 (Teratogens)
Define teratology,
Teratogens are,
The effects of teratogens depend ...
10  cards
Ch. 3 (Stages of Birth for Vaginal Delivery)
The first stage of labour begins ...,
How do contractions change throug...,
What does the second stage involv...
19  cards
Infancy and Toddlerhood
List an average newborn s weight ...,
List an average 1 year old s weig...,
List an average end of year two s...
44  cards
Infancy and Toddlerhood (Other Cognitive Domains)
Infantile amnesia is,
Describe the biological perspecti...,
Describe the cognitive perspectiv...
16  cards
Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
Describe the constructivist appro...,
Schemata are defined as,
Schemata discribe assimilation
10  cards
Early Childhood: Part 1 (physical development)
Children between the ages of 2 an...,
List the average weight and heigh...,
List the average weight and heigh...
20  cards
Early Childhood: Vygotsky
Lev vygotsky was a russian psycho...,
Vygotsky believed that can facili...,
Vygotsky believed that without in...
15  cards
Early Childhood Part 1 (information processing)
List the five gains in informatio...,
Flexible shifting of attention ho...,
Working memory what does it contr...
17  cards
EC: Children's Understanding of the World
Both piaget and vygotsky believed...,
Piaget is identified as a _______...,
Vygotsky is a _____ constructivis...
25  cards

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