a persons behavior usually develops as a result of both ________ and environment
What is Heredity
100
Specific time in development that certain skills or abilities are easily learned
What is Critical Period
100
How do psychologists explore how infants perceive the world?
What is by measuring behaviors such as sucking and eye movements while stimulating the infant.
100
Jean Piaget's research shows that...
What is- intelligence develops as children grow.
100
Erik Erikson believed that ________ plays an important role in human development.
What is social approval
200
During the _______ stage of psychosexual development children push sexual desires into the back ground and become involved in exploring the world and learning new skills
What is Latency
200
During the ______ stage of cognitive development, children develop the ability to use logical schemas
What is Concrete Operations
200
The process of ___________ involves fitting objects and experiences into one's schemas.
What is Assimilation
200
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, _____________ influences moral development.
What is cognitive development
200
What do psychologists call the internally programmed growth of a child?
What is maturation or maturity
300
Erikson's theory psychsocial development claims that if a young child is praised for new abilities she will learn
What is Autonomy
300
When children engage in ______________, they are able to picture things in their minds.
What is Representational Thought
300
Lawrence Kohlberg identified six stages or moral development. In stage 1 a child...
What is- is totally egocentric
300
A newborn infant has certain automatic movement patterns called what?
What is reflexes
300
The desire for social approval characterizes what stage of Lawrence Kohlberg's theory?
What is Stage 3
400
The conceptual framework that a person uses to make sense of the world
What is Schema
400
When does development begin?
What is before birth
400
Sigmund Freud believed that children were born with _____ urges.
What is sexual and aggressive
400
What is it called when a young child has inability to understand another person's perspective?
What is Egocentic
400
Separation anxiety occurs when?
What is- when the child is suddenly separated from his or her mother
500
Stage of development described by Jean Piaget in which children's behavior consists of simple motor responses to stimuli
What is Sensorimotor
500
Before pushing an infant to master new skills, parents should wait until the infant reaches...
What is Maturational Readiness
500
An infant who has developed object permanence...
What is- knows that an object exists even if it cannot be seen.
500
According to Jean Piaget, _________ refers to a child's attempt to understand something new by fitting it into an existing schema?
What is Assimilation
500
What is the process of attachment that is sudden and permanent called?