Developmental Psychology
Exam 4 Study Guide
Chapter 9
Developmental Psychology
Research Methods
· Longitudinal
· Cross-sectional
Prenatal Development
· Germinal, embryonic, fetal
· Threats to development
Physical Growth
· Infancy/toddlerhood
· Adolescence (puberty, egocentrism)
· Middle age (menopause)
· Late adulthood (aging theories)
Cognitive Development
· Piaget’s Theory (schemas, assimilation, accommodation)
· Stages (Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational)
Adolescent egocentrism
Attachment styles (secure, avoidant, anxious)
Parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, neglectful)
Chapter 10
Motivation
· Instinct theory
· Drive reduction theory
· Arousal theory
· Incentive theory
· Cognitive theory
Maslow’s hierarchy
Hunger & obesity
· Anorexia & bulimia
Achievement motivation
Intrinsic & extrinsic motivation
Sexual motivation/orientation
Emotion
· Influences: Brain, ANS
· Facial feedback hypothesis
· Basic emotions
Chapter 11
Five-factor model (“big five”)
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
· Id, ego, superego
· Defense mechanisms
· Psychosexual stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital)
Humanistic theory
· Rogers
Biological theories (brain, neurochemistry, genetics)
Personality Assessment
· Interviews & observation
· Projective (ink-blot)