PSY BEH 101D Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hemoglobin, Behaviorism, Meiosis
22 Jun 2018
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EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
LECTURE 1
Lifespan Development: (aka developmental science) what causes people to change or remain the same
over time
oPeople: of all ages (infants, children, adults,)
oChanges:
Over childhood/troupes = working memory/how much information we can hold in our
head at one time that improves until 15/16 then stables and remains the same until
later in life, which drops
Personality: fairly stable
Developmental theories: explain why/how people change or stay the same
oEarly Development v. Lifespan Approach
Early Development:
Early life experiences/early development key
Some theoretical models focus on early development ~ 20y
(Saw development, experiences, biological processes <20y = the most critical in
shifts in changes in outcomes)
Piaget's theory of cognitive development & Freud's psychoanalytic personality
development
Lifespan Development: All phases of life into account/see different experiences in
childhood/adolescents/adulthood = fundamentally important to outcomes & their
complexities
The "Multis" (complexities)
Multidirectionality:
Development doesn't all occur in the same direction/rate (not about growth -
some things decline)
Working memory: (info/phone numbers) can remember
more and then it declines with old age
* Neuronal growth: rapid decline of growth after age 2 (pruning)
Multicontextual:
Different systems of influence (teenager graffiti example)
oMicrosystem: family/school/neighborhood/church
oMesosystem: extended family/relatives
oExosystem: family friends/government
oMacrosystem: attitudes, beliefs, heritage of culture
Multicultural:
oCulture: system of shared beliefs, values, expectations that
are appropriate/expected
oEthnicity: belonging to a social group with common cultural or
national history (social construction/not direct outcome of biology):
Asian/Whites
oRace: Label used to categorize physical appearance (social
construction): Vietnamese/Greek
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Document Summary
Lifespan development: (aka developmental science) what causes people to change or remain the same over time o o. Over childhood/troupes = working memory/how much information we can hold in our head at one time that improves until 15/16 then stables and remains the same until later in life, which drops. Developmental theories: explain why/how people change or stay the same o. Some theoretical models focus on early development ~ 20y (saw development, experiences, biological processes <20y = the most critical in shifts in changes in outcomes) Piaget"s theory of cognitive development & freud"s psychoanalytic personality development. Lifespan development: all phases of life into account/see different experiences in childhood/adolescents/adulthood = fundamentally important to outcomes & their complexities. Development doesn"t all occur in the same direction/rate (not about growth - some things decline) Working memory: (info/phone numbers) can remember more and then it declines with old age. * neuronal growth: rapid decline of growth after age 2 (pruning)
