Developmental Issues
Prenatal Development
The Newborn
Infancy and Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Social Development
100
A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
What is developmental psychology
100
When do you have the most brain cells you’ll ever have in your life?
What is the day you were born
100
Which psychologist studies the psychosocial stages of development?
Who is Erik Erikson
100
At what age do our physical abilities crest?
Mid 20's
100
Describe the task of resolving the conflict of trust vs. mistrust
Sense of security & basic trust
200
The fertilized egg. It enters a two week period of rapid cell division and develops into and embryo.
What is a zygote
200
Difficulty taking another’s point of view.
What is the egocentrism
200
The life between childhood and adulthood
What is adolescence
200
What causes us to lose our eyesight with age?
With age, the eye’s pupil shrinks and its lens becomes less transparent, reducing the amount of light it can receive.
200
Describe the task of resolving the conflict of competence vs. inferiority
Developing a sense of self-confidence
300
The developing human organism from about two weeks after fertilization through the second month.
What is an embryo
300
Adjusting one’s current understandings/schemas to incorporate new information
What is accommodation
300
The thinking that occurs as we consider right and wrong.
What is Moral Reasoning
300
How does aging affect memory?
Recall memory declines, Recognition memory does not.
300
Describe the task of resolving the conflict of generativity vs. stagnation
Being productive and promoting the well-being of others.
400
The developing human organism from nine weeks after conception to birth.
What is a fetus
400
The lack of memory before age 3-3 1/2.
What is infantile amnesia
400
The not-yet-settled part of life from the age 18-mid 20s
What is emerging adulthood
400
When is the grief from the loss of a loved one most severe?
When it is unexpected
400
Describe the task of resolving the conflict of integrity vs. despair
Achieving a sense of satisfaction with one’s life.
500
Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.
What are teratogens
500
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
What is Cognition
500
How did Kohlberg describe the conventional level of morality?
Very Concrete, no grey area.
500
What two basic aspects of our lives did Erik Erikson believe dominate adulthood?
Intimacy and generativity
500
Describe the task of resolving the conflict of autonomy vs. shame/doubt
Sense of independence & exercising one’s will.
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