Development Foundations
What type of development follows a predictable sequence
Continuous (Sec 9.1)
The first prenatal stage is called?
Germinal (sec 9.2)
What is the age range of Piaget's Preoperational Stage?
Ages 2-7 years (sec 9.4)
What is the developmental life stage in which a child’s body undergoes hormonal, physical, and neurological changes that lead to sexual maturity and reproductive capability.
Puberty (9.6)
The term "recall" in this life stage is?
the ability to retrieve past learning or experience without needing external clues
What is discontinuous development?
Development that happens in distinct stages
What is the name for harmful prenatal agents in development?
Teratogens
If a child shows inability to see other perspectives, it is called?
Egocentrism
Name of developmental stage, typically in adolescence, in which a person actively explores and questions who they are in order to form a clearer and more stable sense of self.
Identity Crisis
Erikson's "Generativity" stage refers to what characteristics?
The act of giving back to society
What is the debate about genetics vs environment called?
Nature vs Nurture
Attachment style where a baby becomes very upset when the caregiver leaves and is hard to comfort when they return?
Ambivalent (sec 9.3)
What is the life stage called Piaget suggested where children begin thinking logically about concrete events but struggle with abstract ideas?
Concrete operational (sec 9.4)
The term "Formal operations" refers to what in this life stage?
Ability for abstract thinking
Erikson’s late adulthood stage is when a person reflects on their life and either develops a sense of fulfillment and acceptance or feels regret and dissatisfaction. Name the fullfilment and acceptance behavior of this stage.
Integrity
Developmental theory that says personality traits stay relatively stable from childhood to adulthood
Continuity (sec 9.1)
What attachment style is characterized by a lack of attachment to caregiver?
Reactive Disorder (sec 9.3)
Freud stage that focused focused on genitals (from childhood)
Phallic
Name the common adolescent experience in which a person believes others are constantly watching, judging, or focusing on them, even when they are not.
Imaginary Audience
What is the most common neurological disorder in late life stages that is characterized severe memory loss?
Alzheimer's
The brain’s ability to change (rewire) and adapt after injury or through experience is known as?
Plasticity
When a child has a preference for family caregivers over others, the style is is called?
Attachment (sec 9.3)
The stage of childhood from Erikson where childen display competence vs inferiority
Industry (Industriousness)
An unusually high sense of uniqueness and invulnerability (believing one is invincible) is called what?
Personal Fable
What is the name of culturally shared expectations and timing of life events (like retirement or aging milestones), which influence how people evaluate whether their lives are progressing “on time” or off schedule
Social clock