Attachment & Social-Emotional Development
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Attachment styles, Vygotsky's social development theory, and the ecological model of human growth.
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- 1Who developed the concept of the zone of proximal development?Lev Vygotsky
- 2Zone of proximal developmentThe gap between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance from a skilled partner
- 3Scaffolding in Vygotsky's theorySupport provided by adults to help children learn new tasks, building upon knowledge they already have
- 4Attachment theoryA theory developed by John Bowlby focusing on the importance of open, intimate, emotionally meaningful relationships for survival and development
- 5Who developed the Strange Situation procedure?Mary Ainsworth
- 6Four main attachment stylesSecure, anxious-avoidant, anxious-resistant, and disorganized
- 7Secure attachmentA healthy attachment characterized by trust between infant and caregiver
- 8Anxious-avoidant attachmentAn insecure attachment characterized by the infant's indifference toward the caregiver
- 9Anxious-resistant attachmentAn insecure attachment characterized by distress from the infant when separated and anger when reunited
- 10Disorganized attachmentAn attachment style without a consistent pattern of responses upon return of the parent
- 11Harry Harlow's experiments aboutStudies with infant rhesus monkeys showing that emotional security and comfort are more critical to attachment than nourishment alone
- 12Theory of mindThe ability to attribute mental states to ourselves and others, understanding that others have unique beliefs and desires different from our own
- 13At what age does theory of mind typically develop?Between ages 4 and 6
- 14Nature vs. nurture debateThe debate about whether development is primarily influenced by innate genetic factors (nature) or environmental experiences (nurture)
- 15NativismThe view that certain abilities and knowledge are innate and specified by the organism's genes
- 16EmpiricismThe view that knowledge is acquired through experience and interaction with the environment
- 17Critical period in developmentA specific time window during development when certain experiences must occur for normal development to proceed
- 18TemperamentThe innate personality characteristics that influence how a child reacts to and interacts with their environment
- 19AdolescenceThe transitional period between childhood and adulthood, marked by puberty and significant physical, cognitive, and social changes
- 20PubertyThe period of physical maturation during which reproductive capabilities develop
- 21Identity formationThe process of developing a coherent sense of self, particularly important during adolescence
- 22Peer pressureThe influence that peers have on an individual's attitudes, values, and behaviors
- 23Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theoryA theory specifying four types of nested environmental systems (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem) that influence development
- 24Who created a model of eight phases of psychosocial development?Erik Erikson.
- 25Who was G. Stanley Hall?A pioneering psychologist who attempted to correlate ages of childhood with previous ages of humanity, applying evolutionary theory to psychological development.
- 26What does the id operate according to?The pleasure principle: seek pleasure and avoid pain.
- 27Four systems in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theoryMicrosystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem - nested environmental systems with bi-directional influences.
- 28Microsystem in ecological systems theoryThe immediate environment surrounding and influencing the individual (example: school or home setting).
- 29Mesosystem in ecological systems theoryThe combination of two microsystems and how they influence each other (example: sibling relationships at home vs. peer relationships at school).
- 30Exosystem in ecological systems theoryThe interaction among two or more settings indirectly linked (example: a father's job overtime affecting daughter's school performance because he can't help with homework).
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