Freud Terms
Freud's stages are ____, Erikson's stages are ____
Psychosexual, Psychosocial
Rhesus Monkeys (food vs. comfort)
Harry Harlow
the cognitive ability to understand that the properties of an object (like mass, volume, or number) remain the same despite changes to its appearance or form.
Conservation
Empiricism is related to observable facts, and is also a ____ view of development
Behavioristic
_____involves fitting new experiences into existing mental structures (schemas) without changing them, while ______ involves modifying existing schemas or creating new ones to incorporate information that doesn't fit
Assimilation vs. Accomodation
Successfully completing a stage is necessary for the next stage to occur
Epigenesis
Bobo Doll Experiment (aggression)
Albert Bandura
the mental ability to understand that an action or process can be reversed to return to its original state
Reversability
Opposite of empiricist, believes developmental stages are qualitative
Organicism
_____ research collects and analyzes numerical data to identify patterns, test hypotheses, and establish cause-and-effect relationships, while _____ research collects and interprets non-numerical data to understand deeper meanings, experiences, and context through methods like interviews and observations
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
development is primarily driven by internal biological factors and genetics, unfolding in a predetermined sequence (Freud, Erikson, Gessel)
Maturationist Theory
Shock Experiment (submission to authority)
Stanley Milgram
A child believes that everyone else sees, thinks, and feels the same way they do.
Egocentrism
The study of animals' behaviors in their natural environment
Ethology
Who developed the concept of systematic desensitization?
Joseph Wolpe (phobias, scary like wolf)
Dream material that is present to the dreamer is ____ content, hidden dream meaning is _____ content
Manifest, Latent
Stanford Prison Experiment (roles and aggression)
Phillip Zimbardo
Mental representation of the real world
Schema
An instinctive behavior where an infant follows the first moving object it encounters (Lorenz)
Imprinting
John Locke Described Children as starting as a "Blank Slate"
What is Tabula Rasa?
Death Drive and Life Drive
Thanatos and Eros
Visual Cliff (depth perception in infants)
Eleanor Gibson
The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight.
Object Permanence
When a child acts as if nonliving objects have lifelike abilities and tendencies
Animism
Term for development proceeding from head to foot
Cephalocaudal