Development
The scientific study of human changes over time
What is developmental psychology
Experiencing the world through
senses and actions (looking, hearing, touching,
mouthing, and grasping)
What is the Sensorimotor stage?
An emotional tie with another person.
What is Attachment?
High demandingness, low responsiveness. Communication is mostly one-way—from parent to child. Expect blind obedience and rule-following.
What is Authoritarian Parenting Style?
"Use it or lose it" is the rule
What is maturation rule
Representing things with words
and images, using intuitive rather than logical
reasoning
What is the Preoperational stage?
In their mother’s presence, infants play comfortably and explore their new environment.
What is Secure Attachment?
High responsiveness, low demandingness. Rules and expectations are either not set or rarely enforced. Communicates openly and usually lets their kids decide for themselves, rather than giving direction.
What is Permissive Parenting Style?
Environmental influences (e.g., stress, nutrition) affect the expression of certain genes both for the individual and descendants. Switching on and off parts of DNA depending on our environment.
What is epigenetics?
Thinking logically about
concrete events; grasping concrete analogies
and performing arithmetical operations
What is the Concrete Operational stage?
Infants are less likely to explore their surroundings and cling to their mothers. They are inconsolable when they leave.
What is Anxious Attachment?
Low responsiveness, low demandingness. Appear indifferent to the child’s needs/desires. Offers little nurturance, guidance, and attention.
What is Negligent Parenting Style?
Infants look longer at new things and physically impossible events than at physically possible events. So, we show them things that are impossible and new to gauge their interest.
What is the selective looking technique?
This Theorist emphasized the child’s interaction with the social environment, and that children need to think and understand primarily through social interaction.
Who is Vygotsky?
Seems not to notice or care about the mother’s departure and return. Infants are less likely to explore their surroundings.
What is Avoidant Attachment?
High responsiveness, High demandingness. Sets clear rules and expectations, and practices flexibility and understanding. Communicates frequently.
What is Authoritative Parenting Style?