EDF 3110 Exam 1 Review

Developmental Science - Answer- The study of constancy and change throughout the lifespan Plasticity - Answer- Development is open to lifelong change, and change occurs based on influential experiences. Who is more likely to recover from an accident? A 3 year old or a 46 year old? The 3 year old Resilience - Answer- The Ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development Factors In Resilience - Answer- Personal characteristics, warm parental relationship, social support outside family, community resources and opportunities Three Influences of Development - Answer- Age Graded Influences, History Graded Influences, and Nonnormative Influences Age Graded Influences - Answer- Events that are strongly related to age and therefore fairly predictable in when they occur and how long they last History Graded Influences - Answer- Explain why people born around the same time (called cohort) tend to be alike in ways that set them apart from people born at other times Nonnormative Influences - Answer- Events that are irregular: They happen to just one person or a few people and do not follow a predictable timetable Psychoanalytic Perspective - Answer- People move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to get along with others, and come with anxiety Personality Development - Answer- Freud's three parts of the personality: Id, Ego, Superego Id - Answer- Largest portion of the mind, unconscious, present at birth, source of biological needs/desires Ego - Answer- Conscious, rational part of personality, emerges in early infancy, redirects id impulses in acceptable ways Super Ego - Answer- The conscience, develops from ages 3 to 6 through interactions with caregivers