Physical Development
Psychologist
Social Development
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100

A newborn has certain automatic movement patterns called this?

What is reflexes?

100

Who studied psychosexual development?

Who is Sigmund Freud?

100

If a child becomes anxious whenever a parent leaves, what are they experiencing?

What is separation anxiety?

100

What is a deep emotional bond between an infant and caregiver?

What is attachment?

100

True or False: The process of socialization is the same in all cultures. 

What is false?

200

What is the internally programed growth of a child?

What is maturation?
200

Who studied the stages of cognitive development?

Who is Jean Piaget?

200

Sigmund Freud believed that children are born with what type of urges?

What is aggressive and sexual?

200

What is the process of learning the rules of behavior of one's culture?

What is socialization? 

200

According to Sigmund Freud, what happens during the latency stage?

What is urges are dormant?

300

What reflex does a baby present first?

What is sucking?

300

Who studied moral development?

Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?

300

Because Pablo sees everything that happens form his own point of view, he is thinking __________?

What is egocentric?

300

What is a child's realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it?

What is object permanence?

300

What is the biggest factor that contributes to child abuse?

What is stress?

400

Which reflex helps with feeding?

What is the rooting reflex?

400

Who studied attachment? 

Who is Mary Ainsworth?

400

Which psychologist emphasized the importance of social approval in human development?

Who is Erik Erikson?

400

What is the inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see?

What is imprinting?

400

Jamie has started to be able to picture objects such as toys in his mind. When he does this, he is engaging in what kind of thought?

What is representational?

500

There is a heating duct about an infant's head. The infant is startled in bed when the noisy heater kicks on. What reflex has the baby responded with?

What is moro (startle) reflex?

500

Who studied imprinting?

Who is Konrad Lorenz?

500

Erik Ericksons theory of psychosocial development claims that if a young child is praised for her new abilities she will learn what?

What is autonomy?

500

The process, according to Sigmund Freud, or redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks?

What is sublimation? 

500

According to Jean Piaget, which term refers to a child's attempt to understand something new by fitting it into an existing schema?

What is assimilation?