General
Name two types of changes studied by developmental psychologists.
What are physical, socio-emotional, cognitive, or environmental changes?
These are large-muscle movements such as crawling, walking, and sitting up
What are gross motor skills?
This is the process of sexual maturation that leads to the ability to reproduce.
What is Puberty?
This period roughly between ages 18–25 involves an ongoing search for identity and what is important in life.
What is emerging adulthood?
This is the first of the three major periods of prenatal development.
What is the germinal period?
True or False: Developmental psychology only focuses on physical changes.
What is False
This process occurs when axons form connections with other neurons
What is synaptogenesis?
This part of the brain is involved in decision-making and is not fully developed during adolescence.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
This term refers to the expected or socially appropriate timing for major life events and commitments.
What is a social clock?
During this prenatal period, the central nervous system and organs begin developing.
What is the embryonic period?
A psychologist studying how a person's ability to think changes from childhood to adulthood is studying what type of development?
What is cognitive development?
This attachment style describes a child who is upset when their caregiver leaves but is comforted when they return.
What is secure attachment?
According to Kohlberg, this level of moral reasoning focuses on self-interest and the consequences of an action.
What is the preconventional stage?
According to Erikson, this stage involves forming long-term relationships and avoiding isolation.
What is intimacy vs. isolation?
These are factors that can harm prenatal development, including drugs and infectious agents.
What are teratogens?
A researcher examines how changes in a person's surroundings influence their development. What type of change are they examining?
What is environmental development?
A child believes that an object no longer exists when they can't see it. Which concept have they not yet developed?
What is object permanence?
A teenager says, “I shouldn't steal the medicine because stealing is against the law.” According to Kohlberg, which stage does this represent?
What is the conventional stage?
This Eriksonian stage involves leaving a legacy and caring for future generations.
What is generativity vs. stagnation?
Name two potential threats to prenatal development discussed in class.
What are drugs, infectious agents, environmental agents, or health factors?
Developmental psychologists study changes in these four areas: physical, socio-emotional, cognitive, and ______.
What is environmental?
A 9-year-old can logically organize objects and understand that changing an object's shape does not necessarily change its properties. Which Piagetian stage are they in?
What is the concrete operational stage?
According to Kohlberg, this level involves reasoning based on abstract principles and the greater good, even when those principles conflict with laws.
What is the postconventional stage?
An older adult looks back on their life and feels satisfied with how they lived, rather than regretting what they missed. Which Eriksonian stage does this represent?
What is integrity vs. despair?
During which prenatal period does the fetus primarily develop fat rather than forming new organs?
What is the fetal period?