Lifespan Development Ch. 2
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1. psychoanalytic theories: theories proposing that developmental change hap-
pens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behaviors
2. libido: unconscious processes is an internal drive for physical pressure
3. id: the unconscious part of the personality that comprises a person's basic sexual
and aggressive impulses. contains libido
4. ego: the conscious, thinking part of personality that develops in the first 2-3 years
of life. Keep the id satisfied.
5. superego: the portion of personality that acts as moral judge, contains the rules
of society and develops near the end of early childhood (age 6)
6. psychosexual: Freud's 5 stages of personality development through which chil-
dren move in a fixed sequence determined by maturation
7. psychosocial: Erikson's 8 stages (or crises) of personality development in which
inner instincts interact with outer cultural and social demands to shape personality
8. trust vs. mistrust: birth to 1 year. Depends on the reliability of care and affection
infants receive from their primary caregiver
9. autonomy vs. shame and doubt: 1 to 3 years. Express their independence
10. initiative vs. guilt: 3 to 6 years. Develop a sense of social initiative
11. industry vs. inferiority: 6 to 12 years. Focus on acquiring culturally valued skills
12. identity vs. role confusion: 12-18 years. Adaption of sense of self
13. intimacy vs. isolation: 18-30 years. Ability to fuse your identity with someone
else's.
14. generativity vs. stagnation: 30 years+ Primarily concerned in establishing and
guiding the next generation
15. integrity vs. despair: Late adulthood. Acceptance of one's life in preparation for
facing death
16. behaviorism: through manipulation of environment, children could be trained to
do anything (John Watson)
17. classical conditioning: learning that results from the association of stimuli
(Ivan Pavlov)
18. operant conditioning: learning to repeat or stop behaviors because of their
consequences (B.F. Skinner)
19. reinforcement: anything that follows a behavior and causes it to be repeated
20. punishment: anything that follows a behavior to cause it to stop
21. scheme: an internal cognitive structure that provides an individual with a proce-
dure to use in a specific circumstance
22. assimilation: the process of using a scheme to make sense of an event or
experience
23. equilibration: the process of balancing assimilation and accommodation to
create schemes that fit the environment
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1. psychoanalytic theories: theories proposing that developmental change hap-
pens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behaviors
2. libido: unconscious processes is an internal drive for physical pressure
3. id: the unconscious part of the personality that comprises a person's basic sexual
and aggressive impulses. contains libido
4. ego: the conscious, thinking part of personality that develops in the first 2-3 years
of life. Keep the id satisfied.
5. superego: the portion of personality that acts as moral judge, contains the rules
of society and develops near the end of early childhood (age 6)
6. psychosexual: Freud's 5 stages of personality development through which chil-
dren move in a fixed sequence determined by maturation
7. psychosocial: Erikson's 8 stages (or crises) of personality development in which
inner instincts interact with outer cultural and social demands to shape personality
8. trust vs. mistrust: birth to 1 year. Depends on the reliability of care and affection
infants receive from their primary caregiver
9. autonomy vs. shame and doubt: 1 to 3 years. Express their independence
10. initiative vs. guilt: 3 to 6 years. Develop a sense of social initiative
11. industry vs. inferiority: 6 to 12 years. Focus on acquiring culturally valued skills
12. identity vs. role confusion: 12-18 years. Adaption of sense of self
13. intimacy vs. isolation: 18-30 years. Ability to fuse your identity with someone
else's.
14. generativity vs. stagnation: 30 years+ Primarily concerned in establishing and
guiding the next generation
15. integrity vs. despair: Late adulthood. Acceptance of one's life in preparation for
facing death
16. behaviorism: through manipulation of environment, children could be trained to
do anything (John Watson)
17. classical conditioning: learning that results from the association of stimuli
(Ivan Pavlov)
18. operant conditioning: learning to repeat or stop behaviors because of their
consequences (B.F. Skinner)
19. reinforcement: anything that follows a behavior and causes it to be repeated
20. punishment: anything that follows a behavior to cause it to stop
21. scheme: an internal cognitive structure that provides an individual with a proce-
dure to use in a specific circumstance
22. assimilation: the process of using a scheme to make sense of an event or
experience
23. equilibration: the process of balancing assimilation and accommodation to
create schemes that fit the environment
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