The sensorimotor stage of cognitive development which occurs during the first two years of life includes what three features?
What is intentional action, object permanence, and mental representation of information acquired through motor exploration
Explain nature and nurture.
Nature: The result of genetics & inheritance
Nurture: The result of what we learn or experience
Explain rationalization.
What is a process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve their self-esteem?
One of this person's many well-known theories is the Theory of Male Development.
Who is Daniel Levinson?
Explain generativity.
Generativity refers to the desire in middle age to use your wisdom to guide future generations.
The concrete operational stage of cognitive development occurring from ages 7 to 12 years old includes what four criteria?
What is thinks logically about concrete objects, understands conservation, can classify objects by several features, and is able to order along a certain series?
Explain the rooting reflex?
What is the infant’s response in turning toward something that is touching around their mouth?
Erikson’s designated “crisis” for adolescents was...
What is the task of finding and/or creating an identity for themselves?
This psychologist with a funny-sounding name proposed the Theory of Psychosocial Development.
Who is Erik Erikson?
Explain stagnation.
A discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past.
What is 5-7 months?
Explain the grasping reflex?
What is an infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of their hand?
What are the major changes in the brain during adolescence?
What is synaptic connections refine, greymatter increases, and limbic system is overactive?
Who proposed the "Problems of Adolescence"?
Who is David Elkind?
Feelings after departure of the last child from the home is often referred to as this.
What is “Empty Nest” Syndrome?
Between the ages of 18 and 24 months, children begin to put together small sentences of two or so words using syntax logically like “all gone”. What is the name of this stage in language development?
What is telegraphic speech?
True or false: Babies are born having depth perception.
What is FALSE
Explain formal operations thinking.
What is an adolescent’s ability to think critically, answer hypothetical questions, and develop better problem-solving skills?
This person is best known for his theory about the "Seasons of Life"
Who is Daniel Levinson?
Explain the decremental model of aging.
What is the idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age?
At what age do children begin to think logically about abstract propositions, systematically test hypotheses, and become concerned with hypotheticals, the future, and ideological issues?
What is 12+ years?
Explain imprinting.
What is the inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see?
What are at least 3 of David Elkind’s 6 problems of adolescence?
What is finding fault with authority, argumentativeness, indecisiveness, apparent hypocrisy, self-consciousness, and invulnerability?
Who proposed the stages of cognitive development?
Who is Jean Piaget?
Kubler-Ross’s 5 Stages of Adjustment to Death?
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?