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Physical Development
Theories of Cognitive Development
Theories of Social and Emotional Development
Learning and Parenting
Key Figures
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___ is the major period of rapid change in physical appearance during adolescence.
Puberty
100
Researches often observe what young infants spend their time paying attention to, in order to differentiate between what is familiar, and what is novel.
Habituation
100
The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.
Imprinting
100

A phase of the classical conditioning that refers to the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response. 

Spontaneous Recovery

100
Person who developed four stages of cognitive development
Jean Piaget
200
This parts of the brain does not develop fully until age 25
Frontal Lobes and/or cerebellum
200
Term used to describe process of interpreting one's new experiences in terms of one's existing schemas.
Assimilation
200
A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy.
Basic Trust
200
In a scenario, a mom learned to respond to her own child's crying for help, but suddenly responded to another child, shouting "Mom". In this case, the mom's behavior can be explained by what term we used in classical conditioning. 

Stimulus Generalization. 

200

The person who developed the Zone of Proximal Development

Ley Vygotsky

300
An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development.
Critical Period
300

A person is creating a mental "memory palace" to better represent the layout of one's environment. In this case, this person is demonstrating what kind of cognitive strategy. 

Cognitive Maps

300
Erikson's stage where middle aged adults struggle to determine what their contribution to the world is.
Stagnation vs. Generativity
300

The parenting style is best exemplified by setting rules but making sure to explain the purpose of the rules.

Authoritative

300

The person who describes the Ecological Systems Theory

Bronfenbrenner

400
Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.
Teratogens
400
Developmental stage characterized by understanding conservation and mathematical transformations (such as reversibility).
concrete operational stage
400
A person's inborn characteristic influencing their emotional reactivity and intensity.
Temperament
400

What type of reinforcement schedule might be most effective in maintaining the desired behavior? 

Variable Ratio

400
Psychologist that used 7 stages to define social development.
Eric Erikson
500

What are some innate responses that can be seen in infants?

Rooting Reflex, Grasp reflex, The tonic reflex (fencing)...

500

At what stage, the child might find it difficult to take another's point of view. 

The preoperational stage. 

500
Kohlberg's stage of moral development where someone upholds laws or social rules simply because they are the laws and rules.
Conventional Morality
500

How will you determine what type of reinforcement/punishment is used in shaping one's behavior? 

1) Identify the behavior 

2) Identify whether it is an increase or a decrease in the frequency of this behavior

3) Identify it is being added or removed sth to shape one's behavior

500
This person conducted experiments to test attachment in infant monkeys.
Harry Harlow