Unit 5: Development C HAPTER 10: I NFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

Warm Up 01/06 1. What is a vivid episodic memory? 2. What was the name of the psychologist that classically conditioned his dogs to drool at the sound of a bell?

Warm up 01/23 Why do you think we are studying children?

Study of Development Nature vs. Nurture maturation - automatic sequential process of aging heredity critical period - best time to learn a particular skill Genie

Study of Development stages versus continuity stages - step by step continuity - slowly and gradually

Warm up 11/14 1. Genie’s inability to learn language could mean she missed the ___________ of language development. 2. What type of drugs causes the activity of the nervous system to increase? 3. What type of drugs causes the activity of the nervous system to decrease?

Physical Development of Infants Height & Weight rapid fetal growth double birth weight in 1st five months grow 10 inches in 1st year 2-3 inches after first year until adolescents

physical development Motor Development turns stomach to side - month 4 stomach to back - month 6 back to stomach - month 7 sits - month 8 crawls - month 9 kneels - month 11 stands - month 13 walks - month 15

Warm up 02/05 What are you thinking about? Would you be thinking the same things if you were 5?

Physical Development Reflexes grasping rooting turning toward something that touches the infant’s cheek sucking Perception like the most complex pattern they can see eyesight when born 20/300 visual cliff

Social Development Attachment Temperament= individual style of expressing needs and emotions Harlow’s monkeys contact comfort

Social Development Attachment Lorenz’s geese imprinting immediate attachment during a critical period Ainsworth’s belief of attachment secure = bonded to caregiver insecure = not bonded

Social Development Parenting styles Warm vs. Cold better adjusted if parents are warm strict vs. permissive authoritarian - complete obedience & strict guidelines authoritative - warmth & authority permissive - let kids do whatever they want

Social Development Child Care good - more socialization for children, more chances to cognitively develop, bad - less parent/child attachment Child Abuse and Neglect ~3 million children in US abused or neglected more psychological problems? runs in families? not all that are abused become abusers

Social Development self-esteem unconditional positive regard - love & accept child for who they are conditional positive regard - love & accept child when acting a certain way gender? gender norms - more confident in things your gender is supposed to be better age? low point at 12-13

Cognitive Development Piaget’s Theory assimilation placing info into a category that already exists accomodation change in thinking that happens due to new info

Cognitive Development Sensorimotor Stage coordinating sensation/perception with motor functions object permanence - knowing an object still exists just because you can’t see it developed after 6 months

Preoperational Stage using words and symbols basic understanding of things don’t get the law of conservation egocentric - don’t understand the point of view of others Concrete operational don’t get abstract ideas start to understand others’ points of view

Formal-Operational Stage think abstractly moral principles hypothetical situations Piaget, you idiot… doesn’t give enough credit to kids

Piaget Poster Quartered Poster with each stage labeled and key concepts and developmental tasks of each stage.

Parenting Style Skit In groups of 4, create a skit for each of the three parenting styles. Write down a summary of what you did and turn it in...so I can give you credit.

Warm up 02/07 Is it ok to steal a loaf of bread to feed your family?

Moral Development Kohlberg Preconventional through the age of nine consequences of behavior avoiding punishment

Moral Development Conventional conventional standards of “right” and “wrong” family, religion, society, etc. what most would do ~ ages 9-16 Postconvetional personal values not what society dictates human life, justice, and dignity usually found in adults

Moral Development Problems with this theory according to theory boys more morally superior than girls empathy messes up the scale ages are not exact

What would you do? 1. A building is on fire. You can either save a room of 20 strangers or your mother. Who do you rescue? 2. Without a certain type of medication, your best friend will die. They don’t have enough money to afford it. Do you steal the medication? 3. You didn’t study for a test. It is worth 50% of your grade. You get the test and have no idea any of the answers. Do you cheat?

Egg Project We will be going over the instruction for the egg project today. Make sure your group gets an egg Go ahead and start the naming/gendering process

Chapter 10 Vocab developmental psychology maturation critical period reflex infancy childhood attachment separation anxiety contact comfort imprinting Kohlberg’s stages of moral development parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive self-esteem positive regard assimilation accomodation Piaget’s developmental stages conservation egocentrism