Helps keep the id from running amok. Ego mediates between superego and id Psychosexual development Over the course of childhood, sexual impulses shift from the oral, to the anal, to the genital regions. Too much or too little satisfaction in any stage can cause the energies to fixate at a particular stage. Responsibility of parent. Recent versions emphasize the importance of cognition Children s ability to listen, remember, abstract general rules is influenced by cognitive development and impacts their learning.
Children learn by interacting with the environment Basic unit of intelligence is the schema.
A schema is a means of organizing experiences and responding to experiences. These stages occur in sequence and children must go through each stage before advancing to the next. Imprinting Critical period - time span during development when the individual is especially responsive to and learns from a specific type of stimulation. A number ranging from 1.00 to - 1.00 that describes the strength and direction of the relationship between 2 variables. An r of 0 indicates no relationship Direction - a positive r indicates that as one variable increases the other variable increases.