Vocabulary
The internally programmed growth of a person.
Maturation
Children do not have a sense of how others perceive the world, and believe that their way is the only way of understanding. This means children are what?
Egocentric
The physical changes that occur in adolescence.
Puberty
"Trust vs. mistrust" is the first psychosocial challenge according to Erik Erikson. In what age range does this occur?
Infancy
What is the national animal of Scotland?
The unicorn
A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world around them
A schema
An infant’s response in turning toward something that is touching around their mouth.
Adolescents tend to be more this compared to adults, which involves dreaming of a perfect world.
Idealistic
The "identity crisis" is symbolic of which age range, according to Erikson?
Adolescence
This is the only part of the human body that cannot repair itself.
Teeth
In this method of parenting, parents control and shape a child/adolescent’s behavior and attitudes with a specific code of conduct.
Authoritarian
An infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of their hand
Grasping reflex
The combination of rebellious behavior and believing you can save the world.
"Messiah complex"
Ego integrity vs. despair is characteristic of which age group?
Older adults
In what year was the first airplane flight?
1903
The process of learning rules of behavior of the culture in which you are born and will live
A "window of opportunity" where language or other learning are more easily obtained.
A critical period
Who first identified the "problems" of adolescence (last name acceptable).
David Elkind
"Generativity vs. stagnation" is the crisis that occurs in what age group?
Middle adulthood
Which planet is the only one that rotates clockwise on its axis?
Venus
The argument that develop is a result of biology or genetics as opposed to learning and experiences.
Nature vs. nurture
A child’s realization that an object exists even when you cannot see/touch it
Object permanence
Psychologist Jean Piaget referred to the thinking patterns of adolescents as this
Formal operations thinking
"Should I share my life with someone or spend it alone?" is a question asked in young adulthood. What is the name of this particular psychosocial stage?
Intimacy vs. isolation
In Switzerland, it is considered animal abuse to own only one of these animals - it needs a friend!
A guinea pig