Prenatal
Infant and Early Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Other Theories
100
These genes are not expressed unless paired with a similar gene.
What are recessive genes?
100
This sense is least functional at birth.
What is vision?
100
Samantha, a teenager, refuses to go to school because she is convinced that everyone will laugh at her new haircut. Samantha’s thinking is an example of this.
What is the imaginary audience?
100
The way collagen tissue becomes less elastic as we get older is a good example of this theory of aging.
What is wear-and-tear?
100
A child who has just developed object permanence is in this Piaget stage.
What is sensorimotor?
200
If a woman’s diet in the first weeks of pregnancy does not include enough folic acid, it may permanently harm the baby’s brain development. This period could be described as this.
What is critical?
200
This motor milestone occurs first in infants.
What is raising their head and chest?
200
This type of thought common to adolescents in which young people believe themselves to be unique and protected from harm.
What is personal fable?
200
Adam, a middle-aged man, might outperform a younger person on a cognitive task because of this.
What is he has more life experience to draw upon?
200
This type of attachment is associated with abusive and / or neglectful mothers.
What is disorganized-disoriented?
300
During this stage of development the zygote attaches itself to the uterus.
What is the germinal period?
300
This reflex describes a baby moving her head when someone touches her cheek
What is rooting?
300
Conflicts between adolescents and their parents or caregivers usually focus on issues that can be described as this.
What are issues of little real importance?
300
This Erikson stage primarily concerns young adults.
What is intimacy versus isolation?
300
A toddler who is punished for hitting someone and, as a result, concludes that hitting is wrong is using this type of moral reasoning.
What is preconventional?
400
These influences affect the human brain’s development.
What are both genetic and environmental influences?
400
In this Piaget stage the child becomes capable of understanding conversation.
What is concrete operations?
400
According to Erikson, the adolescent’s primary challenge is to do this.
What is develop a consistent sense of self?
400
According to Erikson, adults who are not dealing successfully with the developmental crises of middle adulthood will be unable to do this.
What is nurture others because they are too self centered?
400
A child who believes the Tooth Fairy is a real person is in this Piaget cognitive stage.
What is preoperational?
500
The period of pregnancy that contains the clearest examples of critical periods.
What is the embryonic period?
500
The case study of Genie has been used to support this theory.
What is critical periods in language development?
500
According to Kohlberg, most adolescents are at this level of morality.
What is conventional?
500
In this Erikson stage adults form political opinions, develop personal values and begin to think about possible careers.
What is identity versus role confusion?
500
In this Erikson stage a child learns self-control and begins to feel more capable.
What is initiative versus guilt?
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