Moral Theory of Development
Prenatal Development
Attachment
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Sensation & Perception
100

Psychologist who proposed moral development as a series of stages

Who is Kohlberg?
100

Occurs when sperm fertilizes an egg, forming a zygote

What is conception?
100

Long-standing connection or bond with others

What is attachment?

100

Parenting style associated with expectations of conformity and obedience; all "structure," little freedom

What is authoritarian?

100

Physical process during which our sensory organs respond to external stimuli

What is sensation?
200

During this level of moral development, behavior is driven by avoidance of punishment and self-interest and rewards

What is pre-conventional morality?

200

Process by which zygote cell division and multiplication occurs

What is mitosis?
200

Researcher who developed concept of attachment theory, including the idea of a secure base

Who is John Bowlby?

200

Parenting style characterized by little structure and lots of freedom

What is permissive?

200
Psychological process of interpreting stimuli

What is perception?

300

During this level of moral development, behavior is driven by the balance of the social order and by internal moral principles

What is post-conventional morality?

300

Structure connected to the uterus that provides nourishment to developing embryo via the umbilical cord

What is the placenta?

300

One of Ainsworth's types of attachment, considered the healthiest attachment style; characterized by caregivers who are responsive to child's needs

What is secure attachment?

300

Parenting style characterized by warmth, affection, and listening to child's point of view; combination of structure and freedom

What is authoritative?

300

Conversion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential

What is transduction?

400

During this level of moral development, behavior is driven by social approval and obeying authority

What is conventional morality?

400

Any agent in the environment that causes damage to the developing embryo or fetus

What is a teratogen?

400

One of Ainsworth's types of attachment, characterized by the child's not using the parent as a secure base, and reacting to parent the same way they would a stranger

What is avoidant attachment?

400

Parenting style characterized by indifference and sometimes neglect; child's needs are not responded to, and few demands are made

What is uninvolved?

400

Minimum amount of stimulation needed to detect a stimulus 50% of the time; changes throughout the day and is affected by other stimuli you have recently experienced

What is absolute threshold?

500

Researcher who developed their own proposal regarding moral development, which included gender differences in moral reasoning

Who is Carol Gilligan?

500

Time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop

What is a critical period?

500
One of Ainsworth's types of attachment, characterized by clinginess alternating with rejections of caregiver's attempts to interact with child; possibly the result of caregivers' inconsistent levels of response to child

What is resistant attachment?

500

Innate traits that influence how one thinks, behaves, and reacts with the environment

What is temperament?

500

Perception of the body's movement through space

What is kinesthesia?

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