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Psych Ch 4. Life
Parenting, lifespan
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |