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Critical Thinking Table—Lifespan Development—Chapter 11
How Do We Develop Throughout Our Lives?
Essential Questions
Fundamental and Powerful Concepts
Vocabulary
11.1 Introduction
11.1.1 How do we develop throughout our lives?
change
time
areas of development
11.1.2 Where do these facts come from?
describe
explain
predict
change
11.2 Nature and Nurture
11.2.1 What causes us to change?
nature
nurture
interaction
B = f (P + E + PE)
quantitative
qualitative
age groups
physical development
cognitive development
psychosocial development
prenatal period
infancy
childhood
adolescence
adulthood
middle age
old age
descriptive research
correlational research
experimental research
research designs
• cross-sectional
• longitudinal
biology
genes
environments
experiences
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11.3 Areas of Development
11.3.1 How does my body develop over time?
normative physical change
individual differences
physical development
prenatal period
• conception
• zygote
oo ectoderm
oo mesoderm
oo endoderm
• embryo
• placenta
• fetus
• myelin
• teratogens
infancy
• motor skills
• milestones
childhood
• motor skills
adolescence
• puberty
• menarche
• synaptic pruning
adulthood
• young adulthood
• midlife
• menopause
• senior years
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11.3.2 How does my thinking change over time?
How do we explain these changes?
stage theories
social interactions
information-processing theories
cognitive development
Piaget’s Stage Theory
• sensorimotor stage
oo object permanence
• preoperational stage
oo egocentrism
oo conservation
• concrete operational
oo basic logic
• formal operational
oo abstract reasoning
• post-formal thinking
Vygotsky’s Socio-cultural Theory
• scaffolding
Information Processing Theories
• input-storage-output
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11.3.3How and why are relationships important
to my development
attachment
parenting
describe
explain
B = f(P + E + PE)
psychosocial development
Bowlby
• Internal Working Model
Ainsworth
• strange situation
• basic types of attachment
oo secure
oo avoidant
oo ambivalent
oo disorganized
Baumrind
• warmth
• control
• parenting styles
oo authoritative
oo authoritarian
oo permissive
oo indifferent/uninvolved
Bronfenbrenner
• Ecological Systems Theory
oo microsystem
oo mesosystem
oo exosystem
oo macrosystem
oo chronosystem
lifespan
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
• dilemmas
• trust vs. mistrust
• identity vs. role confusion
• intimacy vs. isolation
• generativity vs. stagnation
• integrity vs. despair
Life-span Perspective (Baltes)
• multiple directions
• plasticity
• historical context
• multiple causes
11.4 B = f(P + E+ PE) Plus Time!
11.4.1 What’s the bigger picture?
11.5 Conclusion