PILLAR 2: DEVELOPMENT
(1) Definition in your own words, (2) Applied example, or
(3) Use of the term in a unique, personal sentence
Development - Change in the individual over time
- (Ontogeny)
- Developmental Psychology- changes in psychological characterist
occurring over a lifetime.
- Biological: Genetics, brain, and physical development
- Cognitive: Piaget, Vygotsky, and info processing
- Socio-emotional: Attachment, Erikson, Gender, and morality
Nature and Nurture
Nature-Nurture Interaction - Nature- Biology/Genetics
- Nurture- Environment/ social experiences
- Is our development due to our nature or nurture?
- Empiricism: Extreme plasticity. Our environment writes out who we
are to become. *Experience and Environment”
- Nativism: Focus only on our brain and genetics. What were born
with**
- NATURE AND NURTURE
Resilience - Resilience is the ability to recover from negative experiences or
changes.
- “Children can recover!”
Dendritic Spreading - Dendrites of the neurons you’re born with began to spread to
develop more synaptic connections.
- Dendrites start to branch out and connect to other neurons around
the brain.
- Synpatic pruning: “use ‘em or lose ‘em. If you don’t use that neural
network that neural network starts to die”
Cognitive Development
Assimilation - Incorporating new info into what you already understand
Accommodation - Change existing understanding to incorporate new info
- Shift understanding of world
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive - Classic stage theory
Development - Children must acquire the skills of 1 stage before moving to the ot
Sensorimotor Stage - The child is experiencing and understanding the world through sen
, g p g g g
(0-2 years old) and motor skills (movement)
Object Permanence - Something exists even when you cannot see it
© 2021-22 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY – PSYCHOLOGY 1101: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
(1) Definition in your own words, (2) Applied example, or
(3) Use of the term in a unique, personal sentence
Development - Change in the individual over time
- (Ontogeny)
- Developmental Psychology- changes in psychological characterist
occurring over a lifetime.
- Biological: Genetics, brain, and physical development
- Cognitive: Piaget, Vygotsky, and info processing
- Socio-emotional: Attachment, Erikson, Gender, and morality
Nature and Nurture
Nature-Nurture Interaction - Nature- Biology/Genetics
- Nurture- Environment/ social experiences
- Is our development due to our nature or nurture?
- Empiricism: Extreme plasticity. Our environment writes out who we
are to become. *Experience and Environment”
- Nativism: Focus only on our brain and genetics. What were born
with**
- NATURE AND NURTURE
Resilience - Resilience is the ability to recover from negative experiences or
changes.
- “Children can recover!”
Dendritic Spreading - Dendrites of the neurons you’re born with began to spread to
develop more synaptic connections.
- Dendrites start to branch out and connect to other neurons around
the brain.
- Synpatic pruning: “use ‘em or lose ‘em. If you don’t use that neural
network that neural network starts to die”
Cognitive Development
Assimilation - Incorporating new info into what you already understand
Accommodation - Change existing understanding to incorporate new info
- Shift understanding of world
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive - Classic stage theory
Development - Children must acquire the skills of 1 stage before moving to the ot
Sensorimotor Stage - The child is experiencing and understanding the world through sen
, g p g g g
(0-2 years old) and motor skills (movement)
Object Permanence - Something exists even when you cannot see it
© 2021-22 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY – PSYCHOLOGY 1101: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
