University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
PSY 313 | Developmental Psychology
Academic year:

2022
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445

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4
Author:

do3ran7ut

Psychology Unit 3 - Development and Learning Directions: Read all of the information for each of the following topics from the CED. For each topic write down any of the concepts, vocabulary, or models that you are not sure of. This will help identify which concepts you need to review more for each unit topic. Topic Learning Objective Explain how enduring themes inform developmental psychology Essential Knowledge Key Concepts/ Vocab Concerns about development and/or thematic issues in development across the lifespan Thematic issues Stability and change Nature and nurture Continuous and discontinuous stages Uses of developmental research design methods to inform understanding about behavior and mental processes Cross-sectional longitudinal Questions/ Notes Topic Learning Objective Essential Knowledge Key Concepts/ Vocab Explain how physical development before birth applies to behavior and mental processes Influences on major physical and psychological milestones that occur during prenatal development Teratogens Maternal illness Genetic mutations Environmental factors Explain how physical development in infancy and childhood apply to behavior and mental processes Timing of physical development in infancy and childhood to allow for the development of critical skills for independence Maturation Reflexes possessed by infants indicate the progress of physical and psychological milestone development Rooting reflex Research into depth perception and infant responses Visual cliff Research suggesting the existence of the developmental effects of critical or sensitive periods of infancy Critical period Sensitive period Imprinting Explain how physical development in adolescence applies to behavior and mental processes Main physical and psychological milestones that occur in adolescence Adolescent growth spurt Puberty Primary sex characteristics Secondary sex characteristics Menarche Spermarche Explain how physical development in adulthood applies to behavior and mental processes Adulthood is characterized by general leveling off and decline in physical development Menopause Sensory acuity Questions/ Notes Topic Learning Objective Essential Knowledge Key Concepts/ Vocab Questions/ Notes Essential Knowledge Key Concepts/ Vocab Questions/ Notes Describe how sex and gender influence socialization and other aspects of development Topic Learning Objective Explain how theories of cognitive development apply to behavior and mental processes Continuous and discontinuous cognitive processes of children according to Piaget Schemas Assimilation Accommodation Sensorimotor stage Object permanence Preoperational stage Pretend play Conservation Reversibility Animism Egocentrism Theory of mind Concrete operational stage Logical thought Realistic thought Formal operational stage Abstract thought Hypothetical thought Explain how theories of cognitive development apply to behavior and mental processes Topic Learning Objective Social learning of children according to Lev Vygotsky Scaffolding Zone of proximal development Changes in cognitive capabilities in adulthood Crystalized intelligence Fluid intelligence Dementia Essential Knowledge Key Concepts/ Vocab Questions/ Notes