Developmental Psychology
These are agents such as chemicals/viruses that can reach the fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.
Teratogens
The Developmental Psychologist associated with the Theory of Cognitive Development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The Developmental psychologists who developed the theory regarding moral development.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
Give two features of a human being that can be affected by nature.
skin/hair/eye color, height, etc.
Process of adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to incorporate new information.
Accommodation
The stage of Piaget's theory that include an egocentric viewpoint and animism.
What is the preoperational stage?
The 3 main phases of Kohlberg's theory of moral development.
What are preconventional, conventional, and postconventional?
The largely hereditary characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity of an individual.
Temperament
When we say nurture, what is the one thing we are referring to that can impact a person's development? (as opposed to genes in the case of nature)
Experience/Environment.
Infant's understanding that objects or people continue to exist even when they cannot be directly seen, heard, or touched.
Object permanence
The stage demonstrated by abstract thinking and metacognition.
What is formal operational?
Erikson's theory that individuals pass through eight developmental stages, each involving a crisis that must be successfully resolved.
Psychosocial Stages
The Psychological conflict ("tension") in Erikson's theory for young adults. General experience of when they are looking to commit to something or someone.
What is intimacy vs. isolation?
The main argument of this viewpoint states that everything a person will ever become (physical appearance, personality) is predetermined in their genes
Nature
Parents set few rules, make minimal demands, and allow their children to reach their own conclusions.
Permissive Parenting
The term for the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and to others? (The understanding that people have different beliefs, thoughts, intentions, etc. than your own.)
What is theory of mind? ToM. In the Concrete Stage!
Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.
Schema
The final stage and tension of Erikson's theory called when someone looks back on his/her life and reflects on whether or not he/she lived a fulfilled life.
What is Maturity : ego integrity vs. despair?
The main argument of this view says that although inherited genes make up someone, they do not limit their potential if the right environment is presented
Nurture
Parents set firm rules, make reasonable demands, and listen to their child's viewpoint while still insisting on responsible behavior.
Authoritative
Name all four of Piaget's stages in order.
What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
The Developmental Psychologist associated with the Zone of Proximal Development.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
The three types of attachment proposed by Mary Ainsworth
Secure, Insecure, Insecure-Avoidant
A student has a high level of intelligence but his parents had a low level of intelligence would be an example of?
Nurture