Development Basics
this is defined as systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death
what is development
this is the ability to use your mind actively to solve problems
What is fluid intelligence
This is the most recent addition to the life span
What is emerging adulthood
This is defined as the activity of knowing and the processes through which...problems are solved
What is cognition
This is the increase of knowledge and skills from experience
What is learning
This impacts the recognized periods of life span, assigned roles and responsibilities
What is culture
this type of intelligence is acquired through schooling and life experiences
This is defined as tendencies to respond in predictable ways, such as sociability and emotional reactivity, that serve as the building blocks of later personality
What is temperament
This occurs when assimilation and accommodation process complementary
What is adaptation
Psychologist Pavlov is connected to this simplest form of learning
What is classical conditioning
Name a goal or use for studying development
What are:
description
prediction
explanation
optimization
This is the level of age-graded problems a child is able to solve
What is mental age
This seeks to understand the evolved behavior of various species in their natural environment
What is ethology
Name a stage of cognitive development according to Piaget
Sensorimotor stage - birth - 2 years
Preoperational stage - 2-7 years
Concrete operations stage - 7-11years
Formal operations stage - 11 and beyond
This type of intelligence emphasizes sensing people's feelings and motives
What is interpersonal intelligence
this is defined as a change in the structure or arrangement of one or more genes that produces a new phenotype
What are mutations
Name a testing approach
Wechsler Scales
Standard testing
Binet's test
Standard deviation
These are environmental factors that affect whether or not a particular gene in a particular cell is expressed
What is epigenetic effects (on gene expression)
What are schemes
Damage to this part of the brain leads to impairments in creating new episodic memories
What is the hippocampus
This is described as environmental events during pregnancy that may alter the expected genetic unfolding of the embryo/fetus
This happens when a person has significantly below-average intellectual functioning
What is a intellectual disability?
According to this psychologist, learning happens in collaboration with more knowledgeable companions drive cognitive development
Who is Vygotsky
This is the gap between what a learner can accomplish alone and what they can accomplish with the guidance and encouragement of a more skilled person
What is the zone of proximal development?
Name a factor that determines whether an event is likely to be recalled
What are...
personal significance
distinctiveness
emotional intensity
life phase of an event