Module 10
The study of our lifelong physical, mental, and social development
Developmental Psychology
Schema
Children that have difficulty perceiving things from another’s point of view are.....
Egocentric
From birth to age 2 babies use Their sense and actions to make sense of the world (looking, hearing, mouthing, touching)
Sensorimotor stage
What stage does Erikson list identity vs. role confusion as an issue for that stage?
Adolescence
Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.
Maturation
Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.
Assimilation
The fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age
Stranger anxiety
Around age 7 children begin to comprehend mathematical transformations and conservation.
Concrete operational stage
Adolescence is marked by the onset of ______
Puberty
An optical period early in life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produce normal development
Critical Period
Adapting our current understanding (schemas) to incorporate new information.
An emotional tie with another person
Attachment
Around age 12 thinking becomes abstract
Formal operational stage
In Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships is called________
Intimacy
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
Cognition
Agents such as vitamins and drugs that can damage the embryo/fetus
Teratogens
The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early life
Imprinting
Age between 6 and 7 were they have the ability to pretend play
Preoperational stage
What is the social task that challenges adolescence?
Sense of self "who am I?"
Developmental psychologist that believed that a child's mind develops in stages
Jean Piaget
The three major issues that interest developmental psychologist are stability and change continuity and stages, and....
Nature and Nurture
9-10 weeks after conception
Body still has tail
2 1/2"
11-12 weeks 3" long
Fetal stage
According to Erickson a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy
Basic trust
The transition period from childhood to adulthood is known as what stage?
Adolescence