Cog Dev in Childhood (11)
The argument regarding whether genes or the environment determines our development
What is the Nature Nurture Debate?
The positive emotional bond that develops between a child and caregiver
A group of people characterized by shared reputations and images rather than interactions
What is a crowd?
These theories of aging highlight the effects of social expectations, normative timing, and effects of cohorts
What are life course theories?
Basic dimensions on which people differ
What are personality traits?
Based on what we’ve learned about Piaget’s stages, his theory is qualitative and what?
What is Discontinuous?
Children actively organize others’ behavior, activities, and attributes into gender categories known as what?
What are schemas?
Erikson believed that figuring this out was the crucial task of adolescence
What is identity formation vs role confusion?
As we age, this type of intelligence continues to increase
What is crystalized intelligence (aka wisdom)?
For a personality trait to be considered a trait, it must
1) differ between individuals
2) be stable over time and
3) ????
The stage of development where infants fail to understand object permanence
What is the sensorimotor stage?
A parent with this parenting style displays a high level of warmth and low level of control
In regard to anti-social behavior, there is a greater risk for continued anti-social behavior in adulthood from these "starters"
What are early starters?
This theory claims that social connections are held together by exchanges in social support, where the perception of support is often critical
What is the Convoy Model?
Kia has never enjoyed planning vacations and would rather take spontaneous trips to places. She is often described as "unreliable" and "careless". She is likely low in this trait
What is Conscientiousness?
The stage of development in which the problem to overcome is abstract, scientific thinking
What is the Concrete Operational Reasoning Stage?
A child in the strange-situation experiment that hovers around their mother and is angry when she returns likely has this attachment style
What is insecure-ambivalent?
Marcia's theory of identity formation revolves heavily around these 2 factors
What are exploration and commitment?
While conscientiousness tends to increase overtime, which two 5 Factor Traits tend to decrease?
What are Neuroticism and Openness?
Devin is described by their friends as artistic and loves to explore new styles of art as well as clothing. They love to meet new people to hear their different views on life. They are likely high in this 5 Factor trait.
What is openness?
A problem with Piaget's theory that refers to the difficulty of formal operational stage tasks (inferential reasoning) being very difficult even with further education
What is
4) Many adults do not reach formal operations
What is temperament?
The three factors contributing to the creation of emerging adulthood
1. Increase in postsecondary edu (70%)
2. Job instability in early 20s
3. Rise in median age of marriage
Name 2 cognitive decreases that occur with aging
1. Recall of Information
2. Working Memory
3. Processing Speed
4. Inhibitory Functioning
5. Hearing and Vision
The Eysenck emphasis focuses primarily on these 2 traits and claims these two dimensions may have a biological/reward basis
What are extraversion and neuroticism?