Vocab
emotional bond between infants and their parents
What is attachment?
four areas in which human development is broken into
What is physical development, cognitive development, social development, and emotional development?
fetus starts to move, gender is determined, by the end it is fully formed
What is second trimester?
This concept of how moral development happens says it is developed by learning the rules of accepted behavior
What is Behavioral/ Social Learning Approach?
field that studies the many changes that occur as an infant grows into an adult
What is developmental psychology?
an individual’s style in responding to emotional situations
What is temperament?
physical development and milestone for a toddler
What is still considered top heavy and take quick short steps and major physical milestone is bowel and bladder control (potty trained)?
Major physical milestone for this age group- bowel and bladder control aka being potty trained
What is toddler?
this is what Jean Piaget studied and observed through children
What is he observed that children have different levels of understanding at different ages (4 stages of cognitive development)?
by this point language should be acquired if not it might be too late
What is puberty?
times in development when the environment has the greatest impact on learning
What is critical periods?
three main theories that argue how a person develops morality
What are Behavioral/ Social Learning Approach, Personality Approach, and Cognitive Development Approach?
children play together, learn to get along, take turns by this age
What is age 3?
This concept of moral development says people development morality by focusing on the development of the reasoning powers necessary to be moral
What is Cognitive Development Approach?
physical development and major milestone for preschool child
What is pick up speed, running, chasing, and climbing and major physical milestone is mastering fine motor skills (using scissors, coloring)?
orderly, predictable process of growing up
What is maturation?
four stages of cognitive development
What are Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational Stage?
they can pay attention to details, organize info, think logically, gain confidence
What are fifth graders?
according to Jean Piaget's theory what is the third stage of cognitive development?
What is Concrete Operational Stage (7-11/12 Children collect things and use logic to solve problems)?
Children living in poverty are more likely to suffer from these conditions
What are health problems, have poor nutrition, lower self esteem, and psychical, mental, and learning disabilities?
mastery of the social, emotional, and cognitive skills necessary to succeed as a member of society
What is social comptentance?
Early problems with social competence often predict future problems in
What are problems in school, poor self esteem, and mental health disorders?
Friends start to take on an importance at this age
What is ages 4/5?
this is the first stage of cognitive development according to Jean Piaget
What is Sensorimotor Stage (Children learn to coordinate sensory and motor activity, explore their bodies, understand that people and things exists even if that can't see them)?
these are the two parts of language
What is what we can understand and what we can say?