Research and Genetics
This research design follows the same person or group of people over a long period of time.
What is longitudinal design?
This is the union of an ovum and sperm.
What is fertilization?
This Piaget stage is the first stage of cognitive development, when infants learn through their senses and motor abilities.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
This refers to the physical changes that occur as sexual development reaches its peak.
What is puberty?
This is the cessation of ovulation and menstrual cycles and the end of a woman's reproductive capability.
What is menopause?
This term refers to the influence of inherited characteristics on development.
What is nature?
During this prenatal stage, the major organs and structures of the organism develop.
What is the embryonic period?
This Piagetian concept is the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen.
What is object permanence?
An adolescent who believes everyone is paying attention to their appearance is demonstrating this type of thinking.
What is the imaginary audience?
This theory suggests that older adults are happier when they remain active through hobbies, volunteering, or other activities.
What is activity theory?
This molecule contains the genetic material of an organism.
What is DNA?
This term describes an environmental factor that can cause a birth defect.
What is a teratogen?
Vygotsky used this term for the difference between what a child can do alone and what the child can do with assistance.
What is the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
According to Erikson, adolescents face this psychosocial conflict as they work to develop a consistent sense of self.
What is identity versus role confusion?
According to Erikson, this stage involves forming close relationships while maintaining a sense of self.
What is intimacy versus isolation?
When people who grew up during the same historical period have similar developmental experiences because of shared events, this is called a ______ effect.
What is a cohort effect?
These twins form when one zygote splits into two separate masses of cells.
What are monozygotic (identical) twins?
A child who believes a tall, narrow glass contains more liquid than a short, wide glass—even when both contain the same amount—is having difficulty with this concept.
What is conservation?
An adolescent thinks, "Nothing bad can happen to me because I am special and different from everyone else." This is an example of the ______.
What is the personal fable?
This Erikson stage involves contributing to the next generation through parenting, career, or volunteer work.
What is generativity versus stagnation?
This field studies how human development results from the interaction between inherited characteristics and environmental influences.
What is behavioral genetics?
Put the prenatal periods in the correct order.
What are germinal, embryonic, fetal?
A teacher gradually reduces assistance as a student becomes more capable of completing a task independently. Vygotsky called this ______.
What is scaffolding?
Kohlberg proposed three levels of this type of development: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional.
What is moral development?
In order, what Kübler-Ross's five stages?
What are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?