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SW331 Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| human agency | People shape their life through choices within social/historical limits, personal, proxy and collective |
| short term contraception methods | Pill, patch, ring, injection |
| formal operational | (12+ years): Abstract thinking and hypothetical reasoning emerge. Can think about future possibilities. |
| information processing theory with attention | acting as the gateway through which sensory input is selected, focused, and managed for further cognitive processing. |
| information processing theory with memory | how humans encode, store, and retrieve information through sequential memory stages, |
| information processing theory problem solving | Information processing theory plays a crucial role in understanding problem-solving. It posits that problem-solving involves the representation and search of a problem space through various heuristic techniques, such as means-ends analysis and subgoals. |
| autonomy vs shame/doubt | (Early Childhood, 1-3 years): Gaining independence and confidence in abilities. |
| initiative vs guilt | (Preschool, 3-6 years): Developing initiative and taking on new challenges. |
| industry vs inferiority | (School Age, 6-12 years): Mastering skills and feeling competent. |
| identity vs role | (Adolescence, 12-18 years): Developing a strong personal identity and direction. |
| personal agency | is exercised individuality, using personal influence to shape environmental events or one’s own behavior. |
| proxy agency | is exercised to influence others who have greater resources to act on one’s behalf to meet needs and accomplish goals. |
| collective agency | is exercised on the group level when people act together to meet needs and accomplish goals. |