Infancy
It includes hearing, vision, taste & smell, and touch
Sensory & Perceptual Development
Rod-like structures in the nucleus that store and transmit genetic information. There are generally 23 pairs in each human cell
Focuses on the search for identity and is comes from our efforts to interpret the world around us in relation to ourselves
meaning making
Emphasizes the ongoing interaction across many
levels of the human organism (genetic to behavioral). It focuses on a) the individual in the setting, and b) plasticity, both in the individual, and in an environmental context
Developmental systems theory
Human beings transmit ancestral knowledge to
descendants
Psychosocial Evolution
They begin as involuntary reflexes and develop as a result of physical growth & maturation
Motor Skills
Increased from 5.5 % of births in 1970 to
33% in 2010. US Public Health Services calls for a reduction
Caesarean births
These are just a few of what makes up this system: genetics, skeletal, circulatory, endocrine, and digestive
biological system
This theory emphasizes the influence of the unconscious, the drives, and the id, ego and superego
Psychoanalytic theory
State of tension that results from discrepancies between the person’s competences at the beginning of the stage and society’s expectations. From these conflicts, new social capabilities are produced
Psychosocial crisis
In this stage, they are able to pull themselves up to a standing position.
Critical level of neurological maturation in place
Third trimester (32 weeks)
Based on Erikson's psychosocial theory, the interaction and modification of these three major systems
produces human life.
Biological system, psychological system and the societal system
Studies the survival value of unique adaptive behavior and its evolutionary history
Ethology
Refers to people’s conscious, adaptive efforts to
manage stressful events or stress induced emotions
Coping
Four patterns of attachment
secure attachment, anxious-avoidant attachment, anxious-resistant attachment, and disorganized attachment
Gene expression across generation
Epigenetics
Encompasses those processes that and foster or disrupt a person’s sense of social integration and social identity. This system may change across a lifespan.
societal system.
Studies long-term historical origins of behavior
Evolutionary Psychology
The process of developmental crisis resolution
First prime adaptive ego quality: Orientation that goals and dreams can be attained and events will turn out for the best
Hope
Chemicals activated by environmental factors. They can instruct genes to turn on or off
Epigenetic markers
Genetics, life experience & self-direction influence this system
Psychological system
These four stages are central to this theory: Sensorimotor (0-18 months), Preoperational (18 months - 6 years), Concrete Operational (7 - 11 years), and Formal Operational (11 years through adulthood)
Four stages of cognitive development (Piaget)
This ego quality includes free exercise of skill and intelligence in the completion of a task OR a paralysis of action and thought that prevents productive work
Competence or Inertia (in middle childhood, ages 6 - 12)