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Module 1 - Intro
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- 1What are the main theories of developmental psychology?Psychodynamic, behavioural, stage, socio-cultural, learning
- 2Name the main Psychodynamic theoristsFreud and Erikson
- 3Main themes of FreudPsychosexual conflicts
personality structure: Id, ego, superego
stages of psychosexual dev: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital - 4Give details of the 3-part structure of personalityId: unconscious, impulsive, irrational
Ego: conscious, rational, reality principle
Superego: conscience, over moralistic - 5What is involved with Erikson's Psychosexual Theory of Development?Development influenced by 3 forces:
1. biological & physical
2. unique life circumstances/history/experiences
3. Social, cultural and historical
8 Stages:
Trust vs mistrust
Autonomy vs shame & doubt
Initiative vs guilt
Industry vs inferiority
Identity vs role confusion
Intimacy vs isolation
Generativity vs stagnation
Integrity vs despair - 6Name the other Psychodynamic theorists and what is their main themeMahler, Pine, Bergmann, and Stern. Main theme is object relations
- 7What are Mahler's phases of development?Autistic, Symbiotic, Separation-individuation, Object Constancy
- 8Who are the main behavioural theoristsPavlov and Skinner
- 9What are Pavlov and Skinner's main contributions?Pavlov: Classical conditioning (conditioning of a neutral stimulus to produce a response)
Skinner: Operant conditioning (reinforcement) - 10Name a learning theorist and explain his main themesBandura - observational learning, imitation, modelling
- 11What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development?Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
- 12What is the main idea behind the Neo-piagetian theoristsDevelopment results from an increase in a child's mental space, key principles involve Gagne's Information Processing Model, and idea of meta-cognition
- 13What is meta-cognition?Awareness and understanding of how thinking and learning work, and an awareness of one's own learning
- 14Name and give details of the different contextual development theoriesBronfenbrenner - ecological systems theory (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem)
Vygotsky - socio cultural theory, (ZPD), scaffolding - 15What is the normative-crisis model of development?occurs in stages, follows a sequence, influenced by biology and driven by maturation (adolescent becoming an adult, moving out of home, getting married, having children etc)
- 16What is the timing-of-events model?emphasises individuals own influence on development through their own decisions, and also other major events eg; marrying late, mature-age student, widowed young
- 17What are Vaillant's phases of adult development?Age of establishment (20-30), Career consolidation (20-40), Midlife transition (40-50), Midlife (50+)
- 18What are Levinson's seasons (eras) of adult lives?Early adulthood, middle adulthodd, late adulthood,
- 19What are Balte's main themes?Biological and environmental interactions, normative age-graded, normative history-graded, non-normative life events
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