Dev Psych
The ways we interpret the world around us
Schema
Understanding that something is still there even if it gets hidden
Object permanence
Spotlight effect
Thinking people are watching you
Four types of attachment
Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, Fearful
Identity Achievement
I have thought about and decided on an identity
Using the same schema for new experience
Assimilation
Quantity stays the same even if form has changed
Conservation
Teenage Fable
Thinking you are unique and important
High warmth low boundaries
Permissive
Identity Diffusion
Don't know/ don't care what to do with my life.
Changing schema because of new experience/information
Accomodation
Able to use simple logical thinking
Concrete operational stage
Important aspect of attachment
Warmth/softness
Low warmth high boundaries
Moratorium
Experiencing the World through our senses
Sensorimotor stage
2 skills acquired in order to enter formal operational stage
Algebra, applying theories
Result of poor attachment
Trouble with trust
"Best" form of parenting
Authoritative
Epigenetics
When environment and choices have impact on the expression of a gene. ie malnutrition
Using language to represent objects and simple ideas. Have a hard time seeing others perspectives
Preoperational Stage
Dude who came up with Stages of Development
Jean Piaget
Imprinting
Ducks following parents
Forclosure
Made a choice without thinking
Explain the difference between the results of longitudinal studies and cross sectional studies on lifetime intelligence
Cross sectional shows that intelligence decreases sharply with age because older generations often score lower/ many people don't maintain intelligence. However if we follow the same person there intelligence is stable