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Chapters 1 & 2
Developmental Psych
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2010

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Term
theory
Definition
set of interrelated statements that provides an explanation for a class of events
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psychoanalytic theory
Definition

Sigmund Freud

view that personality is fashioned progressively as the individual passes through various stages

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psychosocial stages
Definition
2 stages: Complex & Fixation
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Complex
Definition
chronic frusteration at not resolving a conflict within a certain stage
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fixation
Definition
tendancy to stay at a particular stage
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oral stage
Definition
demanding, immature, smoking, over-eating, drinking
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anal stage
Definition
hostile, defiant, difficult to relate to authority figures
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phallic stage
Definition

sexual issues

Ex: boys love mother, jealous of father

girls love father, "penis envy"

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Freud's emphasis
Definition
psychosexual stages
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psychosocial stages
Definition
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psychosocial stages
Definition

9 stages; Erik Erikson

Trust vs. Mistrust

Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt

Initiative vs. Guilt

Industry vs. Inferiority

Indentity vs. Identity Confusion

Intimacy vs. Isolation

Generativity vs. Stagnatin

Integrity vs. Despair

Despair vs. Hope & Faith

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epigenetic principle
Definition
each part of the personality has a time in the lifespan where it must develop or it won't develop at all
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developmental psychology
Definition
study of lifespan behavior
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domains of development
Definition
body, mind, spirit, social relationships
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research on development
Definition
look at emotions, cognition, self-awareness, & sensation response
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definition of development
Definition
orderly & sequential changes over ones lifetime
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goals of developmental psychologists
Definition

1)observe and describe changes

2)explain the changes

3)predict

4)intervene

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