PSYC 140 Develeopmental (Lifespan
Psychology) Module 1
4 features of development - ANS -1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional
\anal stage - ANS -(18-36 months) pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping
with demands for control
\Autonomy vs. Shame - ANS -Erikson's second stage during years 1-3 Children attempt to be
independent and make choices regarding freedom and self restraint. Basic Virtue is Will
\Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory - ANS -views the child as developing within a
complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment.
\classical conditioning - ANS -a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli
and anticipate events
\concrete operational stage - ANS -in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from
about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable
them to think logically about concrete events
\Continuity vs. Discontinuity - ANS -The debate of whether development smoothly progresses
(continuous) or shifts abruptly (discontinuous)
\Ego Integrity vs. Despair - ANS -65+. People in late adulthood either achieve a sense of
integrity of the self by accepting the lives they have lived or yield to despair that their lives
cannot be relived. Basic Virtue is Wisdom
\Erik Erikson - ANS -Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development
\Erikson's Theory - ANS -Theory that proposes eight stages of human development. Each stage
consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a crisis that must be
resolved.
\Ethological Theory - ANS -views development from an evolutionary perspective
\formal operational stage - ANS -in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally
beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
\Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANS -1. Oral Stage
2. Anal Stage
3. Phallic Stage
4. Latency Stage
5. Genital Stage
\Generativity vs. Stagnation - ANS -40-65. Erikson's stage of social development in which
middle-aged people begin to devote themselves more to fulfilling one's potential and doing
public service. Basic Virtue is Care
\genital stage - ANS -Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of puberty
through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are
often resolved during adolescence).
Psychology) Module 1
4 features of development - ANS -1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional
\anal stage - ANS -(18-36 months) pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping
with demands for control
\Autonomy vs. Shame - ANS -Erikson's second stage during years 1-3 Children attempt to be
independent and make choices regarding freedom and self restraint. Basic Virtue is Will
\Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory - ANS -views the child as developing within a
complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment.
\classical conditioning - ANS -a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli
and anticipate events
\concrete operational stage - ANS -in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from
about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable
them to think logically about concrete events
\Continuity vs. Discontinuity - ANS -The debate of whether development smoothly progresses
(continuous) or shifts abruptly (discontinuous)
\Ego Integrity vs. Despair - ANS -65+. People in late adulthood either achieve a sense of
integrity of the self by accepting the lives they have lived or yield to despair that their lives
cannot be relived. Basic Virtue is Wisdom
\Erik Erikson - ANS -Known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development
\Erikson's Theory - ANS -Theory that proposes eight stages of human development. Each stage
consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a crisis that must be
resolved.
\Ethological Theory - ANS -views development from an evolutionary perspective
\formal operational stage - ANS -in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally
beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
\Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANS -1. Oral Stage
2. Anal Stage
3. Phallic Stage
4. Latency Stage
5. Genital Stage
\Generativity vs. Stagnation - ANS -40-65. Erikson's stage of social development in which
middle-aged people begin to devote themselves more to fulfilling one's potential and doing
public service. Basic Virtue is Care
\genital stage - ANS -Freud's last stage of personality development, from the onset of puberty
through adulthood, during which the sexual conflicts of childhood resurface (at puberty) and are
often resolved during adolescence).
