Also known as a fertilized egg, this is the earliest stage of life that occurs upon conception.
What is a zygote
100
Whose theory of cognitive development consisted of four stages including: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operation, and formal operational?
Who is Piaget
100
______________ parents are demanding and responsive. They set rules, but encourage open discussion and allow exceptions.
What is authoritative.
100
Lawrence Kohlberg sought to describe the development of ________.
What is moral development
100
This part of the brain is not fully developed until about the age of 25 which helps us to explain the risky behavior of many teens.
What is the frontal lobe
200
What is the name of the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month?
What is an embryo
200
This cognitive stage is thought to occur from birth to about age 2 and is the time during which babies get to know the world through their senses and actions
What is sensorimotor stage
200
_________ parents are unrestraining. They make few demands and use little punishment.
What is permissive.
200
This psychological theorist believed that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task, as crisis that needs resolution.
Who is Erik Erikson
200
Our brains are hard at work laying down neural connections until our teenage years, when________starts to occur. If you don't use it, you lose it.
What is selective pruning.
300
The biological growth process called_______, explains why most children begin walking by the age of 12-15 months.
What is maturation
300
Without this important development, infants do not exhibit awareness of a toy's existence after it has been hidden.
What is object permanence
300
___________ parents impose rules and expect obedience without discussion or explanation.
What is authoritarian
300
According to Erikson, the issue that adolescents face is that of ______ vs______.
What is identity vs. role confusion
300
This is a period from about age 18 to the mid-twenties, when many in Western cultures are no longer adolescents but have not yet achieved full independence as adults.
What is emerging adulthood.
400
This condition is comprised of physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by the mother's heavy drinking while pregnant.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
400
According to Piaget, preschool age children are ______, meaning they have difficulty perceiving things from another's point of view.
What is egocentric
400
Sensitive responsive mothers are more likely to have infants who exhibit this form of attachment.
What is secure
400
This stage of morality focuses on belief in basic rights and self-defined ethical principles.
What is postconventional morality
400
_________ and ________ are central to a healthy adulthood.
What is love and work
500
What are developmental psychology's three major issues?
What is nature and nurture, continuity and stages, and stability and change.
500
According to Piaget, during this cognitive stage, children lack the concept of conservation (the principle that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape).
What is preoperational stage
500
What are the two most important things for developing attachment bonds
What are body contact and familiarity
500
According to Erikson, the issue that older adults (late 60's and up) face is that of _______.
What is integrity vs. despair
500
For adults, happiness is about having work that fits your interests and provides you with a sense of these two things ______ and _____.