Introduction
Developmental Psychology
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Bonus
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This is the study of the mind and life
What is psychology?
100
This is the approach we used to study Steve Jobs’ development
What is “from womb to tomb”: following people throughout their whole life?
100
There are blank stages of development, according to Piaget
What is 4?
100
These are the 3 parts of one's personality, according to Freud
What are the id, ego, and the superego?
100
This catch phrase means following someone from birth to death
What is "Womb to tomb"?
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He is the father of psychology
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
200
An example of being able to study someone in a controlled space for an extended period of time
What is studying prisoners in jail?
200
What stage of development is this?
Identifying what emotion someone is feeling based on different cues: body language, facial expressions, etc
This is an example of abstract thinking, which is the formal-operational stage
200
Identify the part of personality:
This is the "devil on your shoulder", telling you to do what will pleasure you
What is the id?
200
This catch phrase explains how people are the way they are
What is "Nature vs Nurture"?
Nature = genetics
Nurture = environment
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These are the 5 steps of the scientific method
What are
Observation
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Hypothesis
Prediction
Iterate
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These are the 2 approaches to developmental psychology
What is
1. following people throughout their whole life
2. following different people at all phases of life
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Reverse action comes up during this stage of development
What is the concrete-operational stage (age 7-11)?
Reverse action means that if something happens, the opposite can too.
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Identify the part of the personality:
This is the "angel on your shoulder" telling you what you should really do, morally
What is the super-ego?
400
This is Sigmund Freud's hebrew name
What is Shlomo?
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This is why psychological experiments are useful
What is so we can make theories about the mind, and how it works?
500
This assumption is made when you study multiple people at different stages of life.
What is the assumption that all people are the same?
500
This is a critique of Piaget’s 4 stages of development
What is your environment changes the outcome?
Every child is different and develops differently, but his stages are very concrete. It all depends on your environment.
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This part of the personality explains why Freud feels humans are born selfish
What is the id?
The id acts on desire and instinct, and that is all newborns up to to young children act on
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Psychologists will have you talk to them on a couch for this reason
So you do not feel that you are talking to someone (the psychologists), rather you can freely say what's on your mind