Dep2004 test 1

life span development
includes growth and decline in skills and processes
adult development
has just recently been studied is the belief that few changes occur in adulthood
paul baltes
no one age group dominates development
life span approach
teaches that development is lifelong
traditional approach
development is emphasized in birth through adolescents
contextual development
development within a setting, kids typically begin school at age 5
adulthood and old age
are characterized by slowing growth with an increase in maintenance and regulation
age which cognitive processes are developing
biological, cognitive and socioemotional processes are
age irrelevant
our society is becoming? people deal with issues at varying ages
reactive attachment disorder aligns with the development issue of?
unconscious mind
according to psychoanalytic theory development depends on the ?
psychoanalytic theory
if a mother stops breast feeding before the child is ready, a fixation at the oral stage is likely to occur
age at which initiative vs guilt occurs; erickson
who believed children construct their own view of the world
vygotsky is what kind of theorist?
b f skinner
identify the environmental conditions that are triggering and maintaining this behavior and then change them
behavioral and social cognitive
theories that their focus is on environmental influences on behavior
infants raised in orphangages may not develop a secure attachment. life span development will not be optimal
case study
life history results
experimental method
studying the effects of a medication on subjects
behavior genetics
influence of heredity and environment
evocative genotype
a happy and cooperative baby reveives attention and nurturing in return
fast growth first
cephalocaudal growth patters shows the brain has
cerebral cortex
part of the brain that is responsible for 80 % of the brains volume and ciritcal to perception, thinking and language
impulsive and emotional
adolescents can be.... which is linked to immature development of the brains prefrontal cortex