Unit 9 Developmental Psychology PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE

Unit 9 Developmental Psychology

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN § Developmental Psychology § a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive and social, and moral change throughout the life span

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN http: //www. babycenter. com/2_inside-pregnancy-early-fetaldevelopment_10354436. bc

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN § Zygote § the fertilized egg § enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division § develops into an embryo § Embryo § the developing human organism from 2 weeks through 2 nd month § Fetus § the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth With your partner or trio, create a mnemonic device for remembering this order+ corresponding time period

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN 40 days 45 days 2 months 4 months

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN § Teratogens § agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm *What are three examples? § Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) § physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking § symptoms include misproportioned head § http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=X 9 ap 3 Iimimk

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN § Rooting Reflex § tendency to open mouth, and search for nipple when touched on the cheek § Preferences § human voices and faces § facelike images--> § smell and sound of http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=gy. VLD 0 hl 0 XY mother

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN §Habituation §decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation § http: //youtu. be/Ui. B 2 ZX 1 phmc

PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEWBORN Having habituated to the old stimulus, newborns preferred gazing at a new one

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § Maturation § biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior § relatively uninfluenced by experience At birth 3 months 15 months Cortical Neurons

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § Babies only 3 months old can learn that kicking moves a mobile--and can retain that learning for a month (Rovee. Collier, 1989, 1997).

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT §Cognition § All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating §Schema § a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT §Assimilation § interpreting one’s new experience in terms of one’s existing schemas §Accommodation § adapting one’s current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information § http: //youtu. be/WAQur-Y_BJY

PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Typical Age Range Description of Stage Developmental Phenomena Birth to nearly 2 years Sensorimotor Experiencing the world through senses and actions (looking, touching, mouthing) • Object permanence • Stranger anxiety About 2 to 6 years Preoperational Representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning • Pretend play • Egocentrism • Language development About 7 to 11 years Concrete operational • Conservation Thinking logically about concrete • Mathematical events; grasping concrete analogies transformations and performing arithmetical operations About 12 through adulthood Formal operational Abstract reasoning • Abstract logic • Potential for moral reasoning

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT § Object Permanence § the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived http: //youtu. be/Nj. Bh 9 ld_y. Io

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Egocentrism § the inability of the preoperational child to take another’s point of view § http: //youtu. be/Oinq. Fgs. Ibh 0

INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT § Conservation § the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects http: //youtu. be/Yt. LEWVu 815 o

Lev Vygotsky (1896 -1934) - Zone of Proximal Development - http: //youtu. be/r. X 8 l. Rh 1 u 5 i. E

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Critical Period § an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism’s exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development § Imprinting § the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Stranger Anxiety § fear of strangers that infants commonly display § beginning by about 8 months of age § http: //youtu. be/s. Cgv. R 1 -g. Fj. M § Attachment § an emotional tie with another person § shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and displaying distress on separation

Psychologist John Bowlby was the first attachment theorist, describing attachment as a "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings. ” The earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. Attachment also serves to keep the infant close to the mother, thus improving the child's chances of survival.

Bowlby’s Attachment Theory

In the 1970’s, psychologist. Mary Ainsworth expanded upon Bowlby's original work. Her groundbreaking "Strange Situation" study revealed the profound effects of attachment on behavior. In the study, researchers observed children between the ages of 12 and 18 months as they responded to a situation in which they were briefly left alone and then reunited with their mothers http: //youtu. be/SHP_Nik. Tkao

Ainsworth’s Attachment Styles v Secure v Avoidant v Ambivalent

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Harry Harlow’s Surrogate Mother Experiments § Monkeys preferred contact with the comfortable cloth mother, even while feeding from the nourishing wire mother § http: //youtu. be/hs. A 5 Sec 6 d. AI

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Monkeys raised by artificial mothers were terror-stricken when placed in strange situations without their surrogate mothers.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: CHILD-REARING PRACTICES § Authoritarian § parents impose rules and expect obedience § “Don’t interrupt. ” “Why? Because I said so. ” § Permissive § submit to children’s desires, make few demands, use little punishment § Authoritative § both demanding and responsive § set rules, but explain reasons and encourage open discussion

AUTHORITARIAN PARENTS • Impose rules and expect obedience. • “Why, because I said so!!!!”

PERMISSIVE PARENTS • Parents submit to their children’s desires, make few demands and use little punishment.

AUTHORITATIVE PARENTS • Parents are both demanding and responsive. • Exert control by setting rules, but explain reasoning behind the rules. • Encourage open discussion.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: CHILD-REARING PRACTICES Parenting styles have been shown to have a positive correlational effect on a child’s self-concept

ADOLESCENCE § Adolescence § the transition period from childhood to adulthood § extending from puberty to independence § Puberty § the period of sexual maturation § when a person becomes capable of reproduction

ADOLESCENCE § Primary Sex Characteristics § body structures that make sexual reproduction possible § ovaries--female § testes--male § external genitalia § Secondary Sex Characteristics § nonreproductive sexual characteristics § female--breast and hips § male--voice quality and body hair § Menarche (meh-NAR-key) § first menstrual period

BODY CHANGES AT PUBERTY

ADOLESCENCE 1890, Women 10 7. 2 Year Interval 20 Age 1995, Women 12. 5 Year Interval 10 20 Age § In the 1890’s the average interval between a woman’s menarche and marriage was about 7 years; now it is over 12 years § *Why does this matter?

ADOLESCENCE Height in centimeters 190 170 150 130 110 90 70 50 0 2 Boys 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Age in years Girls § Throughout childhood, boys and girls are similar in height. At puberty, girls surge ahead briefly, but then boys overtake them at about age 14. § *What does this mean?

ADOLESCENCE: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § The changing parent-child relationship Percent with positive, warm interaction with parents 100% 80 60 40 20 0 2 to 4 5 to 8 9 to 11 Ages of child in years

KOHLBERG’S MORAL LADDER Postconventional level Morality of abstract principles: to affirm agreed-upon rights and personal ethical principles Conventional level Morality of law and social rules: to gain approval or avoid disapproval Preconventional level Morality of self-interest: to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards § As moral development progresses, the focus of concern moves from the self to the wider social world. § *Create scenario

Heinz Dilemma (used by Kohlberg): Heinz's wife was near death, and her only hope was a drug that had been discovered by a pharmacist who was selling it for an exorbitant price. The drug cost $20, 000 to make, and the pharmacist was selling it for $200, 000. Heinz could only raise $50, 000 and insurance wouldn't make up the difference. He offered what he had to the pharmacist, and when his offer was rejected, Heinz said he would pay the rest later. Still the pharmacist refused. In desperation, Heinz considered stealing the drug. Would it be wrong for him to do that? Should Heinz have broken into the store to steal the drug for his wife? Why or why not? [1]

Level 3: Post-Conventional Stage five (human rights) Stage six (universal human ethics) Level 2: Conventional Stage three (conformity) Stage four (law-and-order) Level 1: Pre-Conventional Stage one (obedience) Stage two (self-interest)

ERIKSON’S STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Approximate age Stage Description of Task Infancy (1 st year) Trust vs. mistrust If needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust. Toddler (2 nd year) Autonomy vs. shame Toddlers learn to exercise will and doubt do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities. Preschooler (3 -5 years) Initiative vs. guilt Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans, or they feel guilty about efforts to be independent. Elementary applying (6 yearspuberty) Competence vs. Children learn the pleasure of inferiority themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior.

ERIKSON’S STAGES OF PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Approximate age Stage Description of Task Adolescence (teens into 20’s) Identity vs. role confusion Teenagers work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to form a single identity, or they become confused about who they are. Young Adult (20’s to early 40’s) Intimacy vs. isolation Young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love, or they feel socially isolated. Middle Adult (40’s to 60’s) Generativity vs. stagnation The middle-aged discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose. Late Adult (late 60’s and up) Integrity vs. despair When reflecting on his or her life, the older adult may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Basic Trust (Erikson) § a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy § said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers § Self-Concept § a sense of one’s identity and personal worth

ADOLESCENCE: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Identity one’s sense of self § the adolescent’s task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles § Intimacy § the ability to form close, loving relationships § a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood

Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages of Development With a partner or trio, create mnemonic device for all eight stages 1. ___2___. 3. ___4. ___5. ___6. ___7. ___8. ___

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § Menopause § the time of natural cessation of menstruation § also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines § Alzheimer’s Disease § a progressive and irreversible brain disorder § characterized by a gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and finally, physical functioning

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § The Aging Senses 1. 00 0. 75 Proportion of normal (20/20) vision when identifying letters on an eye chart 0. 50 0. 25 0 10 30 50 Age in years 70 90

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § The Aging Senses 90 Percent correct when Identifying smells 70 50 10 30 50 Age in years 70 90

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § The Aging Senses 90 Percent correct when identifying spoken words 70 50 10 30 50 Age in years 70 90

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Fatal accident 12 rate 10 8 6 Fatal accidents per 100 million miles Fatal accidents per 10, 000 drivers 4 2 0 16 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 and over Age § Slowing reactions contribute to increased accident risks among those 75 and older.

ADULTHOOD: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT § Incidence of Dementia by Age Percentage with dementia Risk of dementia increases in later years 40% 30 20 10 0 60 -64 70 -74 65 -69 80 -84 75 -79 Age Group 90 -95 85 -89

ADULTHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 100 Percent 90 of names recalled 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 § Recalling new Older age groups have names poorer performance introduced once, twice, or After three introductions three times is easier for younger After two introductions adults than for older ones (Crook & West, 1990). After one 10 introductions 0 18 40 50 60 Age group 70

ADULTHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Number 24 Of words remembered 20 Number of words recognized is stable with age 16 12 8 4 Number of words recalled declines with age 0 20 30 40 50 Age in years 60 70 § In a study by Schonfield & Robertson (1966), the ability to recall new information declined during early and middle adulthood, but the ability to recognize new information did not.

ADULTHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Reasoning ability score 60 Cross-sectional method suggests decline 55 50 45 Longitudinal method suggests more stability § a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another § Longitudinal Study 40 35 § Cross-Sectional Study 25 32 39 46 53 60 67 74 81 Age in years Cross-sectional method Longitudinal method § a study in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period

ADULTHOODCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Intelligence (IQ) score 105 § Verbal intelligence scores hold steady with age, while nonverbal intelligence scores decline (adapted from Kaufman & others, 1989). Verbal scores are stable with age 100 95 90 85 Nonverbal scores decline with age 80 75 20 25 Verbal scores Nonverbal scores 35 45 Age group 55 65 70

ADULTHOOD: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT § Crystallized Intelligence § one’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills § tends to increase with age § Fluid Intelligence § ones ability to reason speedily and abstractly § tends to decrease during late adulthood

ADULTHOOD: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT § Early-forties midlife crisis? Emotional instability 24% No early 40 s emotional crisis 16 Females 8 Males 0 33 36 39 42 45 48 Age in Years 51 54

ADULTHOOD: SOCIAL CHANGES §Social Clock § the culturally preferred timing of social events § marriage § parenthood § retirement

ADULTHOOD: SOCIAL CHANGES Percentage “satisfied” with life as a whole § Multinational surveys show that age differences in life satisfaction are trivial (Inglehart, 1990). 80 60 40 20 0 15 25 35 45 Age group 55 65+

ADULTHOOD: SOCIAL CHANGES