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1. Unit 1: Chapter
1
&2
1: Briefly de- 2. 2: Describe the psychody-
scribe the five
key issues
asso- ciated
with the
understanding
of human
develop-
ment. Of the
five issues,
which ones do
you find most
compelling and
why?
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-1: Nature
GRADEDvs Nurture:A+ sees development as more of changes that produce dif- ferent
Nature is that we think of as behaviors in ditterent age-specific life periods called stages. Discontinuity
pre-wiring and is influenced view believes that people go through the same stages the same order
by genetic in heritance and but not necessarily the same rate.
other biological factors. 3: Development stability & instability: Everyone develops at the same rate.
Nurture is generally taken as Development instability: Individuals are developing changing in ditterent
the influence of external ways compared with one another. (Ditterent rate than their peers).
factors after conception: 4: Normative events vs non-normative events: Normative events refer to
example the product of something that attects everyone in a culture at the same time or an
exposure, life experiences incident that matches the sequential and historical events shared by
and learning on an the majority of people.
individual. Non- Normative event an incident that not happens to everyone or that
Nature: genes and happens at a ditterent time than typically experienced by others.
hereditary factors, physical 5: Socio-cultural variation: Socio-cultural factors include:
appearance, personality ·Gender: Expectations that a given culture associates with a person's
character- istics. biological sex.
Nurture: Environment ·Race: A way of categorizing humans that typically focuses on physical
variables, childhood traits.
eUxperiences how we are ·Ethnicity: A specific set of physical, cultural, regional or natural
raised by social characteristics that identifies and ditterentiates one person or group from
relationships, surrounding others.
culture.
-2: Continuity and -Sigmung freud and his student Erickson introduced the first
discontinuity: Continuity psychodynamics theories and the idea that human growth and
view says that change is motivation and progression are
gradual. Characteristics or
features of an individual
that stays the same as
person matures through
the lifespan. (ex: thinking
talking, acting)
The discontinuity view
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namic A+ through universal and developmental stages it also stresses early life
approach on experiences in shaping and determining adult personality and behavior.
human de- -Levels of consciousness. Freud compared the mind to an iceberg. Only
velopment. about one
Com-
pare and contrast tenth of our mind is conscious and rest of the mind is unconscious.
Unacceptable
the psychoana- urges and desires are kept in our unconscious through a process called
repres-
lytic theory of Sig- sion. He thinks our personality develops from a conflict between two
forces: Our
mund Freud
with the
psychosocial
theory of Erik
Erikson.
3.
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biological
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and Autonomy (doubt, shame) -> parents -> be independent
pleasure seeking drives -> will: Use and exercise freedom and self retraint.
versus or internal 3: Childhood: 4-6 -> initiative (guilt) - basic family -> be powerful ->
(socialized ) control over Purpose and distinction -> Ability to intimate own activities, pressure
their drives. goals.
Theory of psychosexual 4: Childhood: 7-12 -> industry (inferiority) -> neighborhood (school) ->
development: Freud be good
believed that personality -> Competence in intellectual, social and physical skills.
develops during early 5: Adolescence: 113- 19-> identity (role confusion) -> peer groups -> fit
childhood. And if we do into adult world.. of who am I? -> Fidelity and on integrated image of
not have proper oneself as a unique person.
nurturing and parenting 6: Young adulthood: 19-35: -> intimacy isolation -> love
during a stage we will be 7: Adulthood: 35-55-> generativity -> divided labor (shared
stuck or fixated household) 8: Maturity: 55+ -> Ego integrity (despair,
(obsessed with) in that hopelessness)-> Humankind.
stage, even as adult.
Oral, anal, phallic, latency,
genital
- Erik Erickson (
Psychosocial theory eight
stages)
In each stage conflicting
ideas must be resolved in
order for a person to be
confident. Failure to master
these will lead to a
deficiency in feelings.
1: Infancy: 0-1 : trust
(mistrust)-> mother and
caregiver-> resecure->
hope: trust and
confidence.
2: Early childhood: 2-3->