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Newman & Newman, Chapters 1-4

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Biological system   includes all the processes necessary for the physical functioning of the organism  
Psychosocial system   includes those mental processes central to a person's ability to make meaning of experiences and take action.  
Societal system   includes those processes through which a person becomes integrated into a society  
Positivism   approaches the study of human behavior by seeking casual relationships amoung factors with the goal of trying to predict outcomes. "truth" may be captured thru research  
Qualitative inquiry   approaches the study of human behavior by trying to understand the meanings, motives and beliefs that underlie a person's experience. There are many versions of the "truth" depending on the informant & the context  
Scientific process   1. observation 2. construction of a theory 3. operationalize the theory (measureable concepts) 4. Test 5. Evaluate the results 6. Accept, revise, reject, or develop a new theory  
Characteristics of Scientific observation   Objective, repeatable, systematic, statistically significant  
Random sampling   each person in a population has an equal chance of being included  
Stratified sampling   participants are deliberately selected from a variety of levels (strata) within the popualtion  
Matched Groups   participants in one group receive treatment while the second matched group does not.  
Volunteer sampling   participants are included from the group which volunteers  
Qualitative sampling   # of informants not decided in advance. Informants should have the knowledge and experience and be able to verbalize and reflect about the experiences. They are willing participants in the study.  
Types of Research Methods   1. observation 2. case study 3. interview 4. surveys 5. tests 6. experimentation  
Participant observation   reseacher actively engages in interactions with other members of a setting  
triangulation   a confirmatory approach achieved by looking at written documents about the setting, interviewing other informants, and sharing observations with other members of the research team.  
correlation   statistical analysis of the strength and direction of the relationships among variables  
interobserver reliability   two or more observers codings of the same situation. meant to increase reliabilty  
self-presentaion bias   limitation of the interview method. Participant may present themselves the way they wish the interviewer to see them  
Experiment: independent variable v. dependent variable   independent variable: factor which is manipulated. dependent variable: demension of responces or rxn's that are measured  
Experimental v. Control groups   experimental -- experiences manipulation or treatment. Control group: no treatment or manipulation  
quasi-experimental study   treatment was not controlled by the experimenter, but was the result of some pattern of life events  
Retrospective study   participants report on experiences at an earlier time in their lives  
Cross-sectional studies   compares people of different ages, social backgrounds, or community settings.  
Longitudinal study   involves repeated observations of the same participants at different times  
Cohort sequential study   combination of a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.  
Theory   a logical system of concepts that helps explain observations and contributes to the development of a body of knowledge  
Range of applicability   evaluation of a theory in terms of relevance to the behavior it was intended to explain  
Psychosocial Theory   1. Addreses growth across the lifespan 2. Individuals have the capacity to contribute to their own psychological development at each stage of life 3. Takes into consideration the active contribution of culture to individual growth ** Erik Erikson  
6 Basic Concepts of Psychosocial Theory   1. Stages of Development 2. Developmental Tasks 3. Psychosocial Crises 4. Central Process for resolving the crises at each stage 5. significant relationships 6. coping -- the new behavior people generate to meet new challenges  
Erikson's 8 Stages of Development   1. Oral-sensory 2. Muscular-anal 3. Locomotor-genital 4. Latency 5. puberty & adolescence 6. Young adulthood 7. Adulthood 8. maturity  
Epigenetic principle   Erikson. Biological plan for growth that allows each function to emerge systematically until the fully functional organism has developed. Erikson believed that it is possible to review and reinterpret earlier stages. **  
11 Stages of the lifespan   prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, early school age, middle childhood, early adolescence, later adolescence, later adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, later adulthood, very old age  
Age-graded expectations   Havighurst. people attempt to learn the age-appropriate tasks as deemed by the society/culture to which they are adapting  
Sensitive periods, teachable moments   Havighurst. times when the person is most ready to acquire a new ability  
Psychosocial crisis   stresses and strains which result in both a positive and negitaive pole to contributive to the person's range of adaptive capabilities  
Prime adaptive ego qualities   basic adaptive capabilities which are formed to face & cope with psychosocial crisises  
Core pathologies   maladaptive orientaion resulting from unsuccessful mastering of a psychosocial crisis  
Natural Selection   Darwin. over generations species gradually change to respond to changing environment conditions  
Ethology   the study of the functional significance of expressive behavior in its social context from an evolutionary perspective  
Pschosocial evolution   Huxley. Suggests a process through which contemporary patterns of knowledge gathering and transmission may alter behavior and transform of override genetically guided patterns  
Psychosexual Theory   Freud. Bological based, instinctual drives (esp. sex & aggression) for personality development  
Psychosexual theory's domains of consciousness   conscious, preconscious, unconscious  
Psychosexual Theory's 3 basic structures of personality   Id - sexual/aggressive impulses Ego - reality oriented functions Super Ego - moral/ethical principles  
Defense mechanisms   mental "tricks" that recast or distort the feelings so that they are more acceptable  
relational paradigm   humans have basic needs for connection, contact, and meaningful interpersonal relationships throughout life  
Cognitive Developmental Theory   Piaget (individual based) Vygotsky (social context based). How "knowing" emerges and is transformed into logical, systematic capacities for reasoning and problem-solving.  
Equilibrium (according to Piaget)   achieved thru adaption, assimilation, and accommodation  
Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development   1. sensorimotor intelligence 2. preoperational thought 3. concrete operational thought 4. formal operational thought  
3 Central Concepts in Vygotsky'sTheory   1. Culture as a mediator of cognitive structuring 2. Movement from the intermental to the intramental 3. the zone of proximal development  
Proximal Development   distance between the actual developmental level and the level of potential development  
Types of Learning Theories   Classical conditioning (Pavlov) Operant Conditioning (Skinner) Social Learning (Bandura & Walters) Cognitive Behaviorism (Tolman/Mischel)  
4 Basic Elements in Classical Conditioning   Neural Stimulus, Unconditional Stimulus, Unconditional Response, Conditioned Responce  
Social Learning   New Responces can be acquired through observation and imitation of models  
Classical Conditioning   when 2 elements occur very close together in time, they acquire similiar meanings and produce similiar responces  
Operant Conditioning   Responces that are under voluntary control can be strengthened or eliminated depending on the consequences associated with them  
Cognitive Behaviorism   In addition to new responces, the learner acquires a mental rep. of the situation, including expectations about rewards + punish., appropriate responces, & the phys. + social settings in which they occur  
Cultural Theory   Benedict. Mead. Includes Physical culture, social culture to develop a worldview.  
Enculturation   culture carriers teach, model, reward, punish and use other symbolic strategies to transmit critical practices and values  
Continuity   when a child is given information and responsibilities that apply directly to his or her adult behavior  
Discontinuity   when a child is barred from activities that are open only to adults, or is forced to unlearn information or behaviors that are accepted in children, but unacceptable in adults  
Collectivism   worldview in which socail behavior is guided largely by collective goals shared by a family, tribe, workgroup, etc.  
Individualism   Worldview in which social behavior is guided by personal goal, ambitions, pleasures which may or may not coincide with the interests of the group  
Social Role Theory   Socialization and personality development through the person's participation in increasingly diverse and complex social roles. ex. Shakespeare's As You Like It  
Systems Theory   "the whole is more than the sum of it's parts". The processes and relationships of those parts make for a larger, coherent entity.  
Open System   structures that maintain their organization even though their parts constantly change (ex. schools, individuals, families) Use feedback mechanisms for adaptive self-regulation  
Microsystem   acvtivities, roles, and interpersonal relations experienced by the developing person  
Mesosystem   interrelations between two or more settings in which the developing person actively participates  
Exosystem   The setting -- does not actively involve the developing person, but affects the development  
Macrosystem   larger beliefs/culture as a whole that the lower order exists within  
Chronosystem   individuals and the systems in which they are embedded change over time  


   


 

 

 
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