Ms. Richards
Psychology 2314
Exam II Review Chapters 8-10
Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development
Scoffolding
Social mediation
Understand the process of social comparison
Private speech
Self-concept and self-esteem
Differences in mother-infant and father-infant interactions
Social cognitive theories of development
Behaviorist theory of development
Cognitive schemas and cognitive theories of development
Factors responsible for height differences in children
Epigenetic theories of development
What are characteristics of Developmental pathology?
Recognize types of play
What are some ways in which children learn to control aggressive
tendencies?
Understand the forms of aggression and bullying behaviors
Factors contributing to obesity in children
Understand the concept of automization and selective attention and
factors that contribute
What is selective attention?
Know the definition of pathology
What is hidden curriculum?
Abuse, maltreatment, neglect concepts and the factors that
contribute to each
Primary, secondary, and tertiary approaches to emergencies
Understand the concept of autonomy and be able to recognize
Be familiar with the mental disorders and learning disorders as
presented in the text
What are the characteristics involved in maintaining a positive
attitude?
What are functions of a family?
Understand the characteristics of the rejected and neglected child
Be familiar with the factors associated with the child at risk for low
school performance
Drug use/abuse among adolescents
The effect of generational forgetting
Be familiar with puberty, what influences puberty, and the
hormones involved
Be familiar with eating disorders and the theories to explain
Be familiar with the primary and secondary sex characteristics
Understand the factors that affect teen pregnancy
Be familiar with Erikson’s psychosocial stages
Brain development and adolescent egocentrism, personal fable,
and imaginary audience
Hypothetical and deductive thought
Intuitive and analytic thought
Experiences in middle school and high school
Understand Identity diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, and
achievement and political identity, gender identity, vocational
identity, and religious identity
Understand the attitude and emotional changes in parent child
relations as they age
Understand the consequences regarding the parent/child
relationship when the parent is high in parental monitoring and
control
How do sex-education programs affect sexual activity by teenagers
Understand rumination, obsession, and fixation behaviors
What is a positive strategy for helping violent teenagers?
****Also, review any terms or concepts not listed here, but listed on the
chapter slides from class.