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Psych Ch 4. Life
Parenting, lifespan
Question | Answer |
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Nature vs Nurture | Does genetics or environment affect a person? (both) |
Piaget stages of cognitive development | Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |
Assimilation | Seeks to relate new info to old cognitive structures |
Accomodation | Alter existing ideas to response to new info/experiences |
Critical period | Attachment formed after birth |
What did Vygotsky believe? | Child's mind grows through interaction with social environment |
Theory of mind | Ppl's ideas about their own/others mental states (feeling, perceptions, thoughts, behaviors) |
Who supported theory of mind? | Vygotsky |
Who supported assimilation? | Piaget |
Who supported accomodation? | Piaget |
What are the parenting styles? 4 | Authoritarian, permissive, neglectful, authoritative |
Authoritarian | Rules, objective |
Permissive | Unrestraining, few punishments |
Neglectful | Uninvolved, inattentive |
Authoritative | Confrontative, demanding/responsive |
What are the attachment styles? 4 | Secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized |
Secure | Caring, trusting, honest, responsive |
Anxious | Relationship insecurities, fear of abandonment, lack boundaries, sensitive |
Disorganized | Unable to self regulate, find intimacy difficult, lack empathy, dissociate |
What happens to teens regarding cognitive development? | Wonders what others think of them, think things don't apply to them |
What are Kohlberg's levels of moral thinking in order? | Preconventional, early adolescence, adolescence beyond |
Preconventional | Self interest, obey ideas for reward |
Conventional | Uphold laws and rules for social approval |
Post conventional | Actions reflect belief in basic rights |
Erik Erikson | Believed each stage of life has its own psychosocial task |
Infancy | Trust vs mistrust |
Toddlerhood | Autonomy vs shame/guilt (do things self or doubt) |
Preschool | Initiative vs guilt |
Elementary | Competence vs inferiority |
Adolescence | Identity vs role confusion |
Young adulthood | Intimacy vs isolation |
Middle adulthood | Generativity vs stagnation |
Late adulthood | Integrity vs despair |
What are the changes in adulthood? | Strength/stamina, health, aging brain, exercise |
What is involved in successful aging? | Biologica, social-cultural, psychological influences |
Biological influences | No early cognitive/physical decline |
Social cultural influences | Support, safe living, respect for aging |
Psychological | Optimistic, physically, mentally active |
Alzheimer's | Type of dementia, mild memory loss, dysfunction of proteins |
Dementia | Loss of cognitive functioning |