Human Growth and Development ch 1-6
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Domains of Development - answer Physical - body size appearance, system & motor capabilities
Cognitive - intellectual abilities: attention, memory, imagination, creativity & language
Emotional (Social) - Self understanding, knowledge about others, friends, intimate relationships,
morals, emotional expression & communication
Development is CONTINUOUS - answer process of gradually building upon the same skills that
were there to begin with
Development is DISCONTINUOUS - answer process of responding to the world develop at
different times
Stage - answer change in thinking/feeling/behaving that characterizes a specific period of
development
Binet & Simon - answer Fathers of the Testing Movement - tested aptitude & intelligence
Freud - answer *Father of the Psychoanalytic Movement
*Said children go through stages where they confront conlicts between social & biological
drives. Resolution of these conflicts determines psychological growth
Psychosexual Theory - answer parents ability to control childrens sexual & aggressive drives for
their healthy personal development
, Erikson - answer *Neo freudian
*Expanded psychosocial theory which says there are specific tasks & tasks to be mastered
*1st to have a lifespan focus
Pavlov - answer *Father of Behaviorism
*Behaviorism - stimuli & response through conditioning
Classical Conditioning - answer certain responses gained from stimulus with passive individuals
(dogs)
Skinner (Operant Conditioning) - answer responses through reinforcement or punishment
Behavior Modification - answer combine conditioning and modeling to decrease negative
behavior and increase positive behaviors (Widely used)
Bandura (Social Learning Theory) - answer Obersvational learning or role model learning.
Renamed Social Cognitive Theory
Paiget (Cognitive-Developmental Theory) - answer *Children learn by exploring and
manipulating their world
*Paiget underestimated small childrens abilities
*Discounts influence of culture on development
*Doesn't allow for cognitive changes after adolescence
Information Processing (recent theory) - answer *Children are sense makers who modify their
own thinking based on enviromental demands. The mind is a symbol manipulating system,
learning is a continuous process
*Individuals make sense of their own thinking
*Continuous view of ablility
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