Infants and Children
An infant’s response in turning toward something that is touching around their mouth
The rooting reflex
The physical and sexual changes an adolescent goes through is called this.
Puberty
A midlife crisis
A style of parenting in which parents control and shape a child/adolescent’s behavior and attitudes with a specific code of conduct.
Authoritarian
This was the name of President Calvin Coolidge's pet raccoon.
Rebecca
An infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of their hand
The grasping reflex
Jean Piaget referred to the thinking patterns of adolescents as this.
Formal operations thinking
This refers to the feeling of sadness some adults feel when the last child leaves the home.
"Empty Nest" Syndrome
A specific time in development when certain skills are more easily learned.
A critical period
The first food eaten in outer space.
Applesauce
A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world around them.
A schema
An inner conflict during which you worry about “who you are.”
An identity crisis
In Erikson's psychosocial development, this is a desire to recapture the past (wanting to relive “glory days”) that can be present in middle age.
Stagnation
Principle that a given quantity doesn’t change when its appearance does
Conservation
What pet mythological creature does Dumbledore own in the Harry Potter series?
A phoenix
A child’s realization that an object exists even when you cannot see/touch it
Object permanence
Dreaming of perfection, also referred to as being this, is a common trait of adolescents compared to adults.
Idealistic
This is the study of death and dying.
Thanatology
The intellectual ability of a child to picture something in their mind.
Representational thought
What was the first US state to ever attempt prohibiting alcohol?
Maine
The inherited tendency of some newborn animals to form an attachment to the first moving object they see.
Imprinting
A process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve their self-esteem.
Rationalization
This refers to the type of intelligence that has been accumulated over time.
Crystallized intelligence
The process of learning rules of behavior of the culture in which you are born and will live
Socialization
The largest living organism on earth.
Armillaria ostoyae (honey mushroom)