Childhood Dev.
This man created a new way to understand childhood development by breaking it down into stages.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This vocab term - meaning intense awareness and worry about yourself and your actions - is most common during adolescence.
What is self-conciousness?
The tendency of babies to blink or close their eyes when exposed to bright light.
What is the blink reflex?
The stage of adulthood where you may become a grandparent, your kids may move out, and you start to deteriorate physically.
This stage of adulthood is where the physical peak is achieved and major life events such as marriage can occur.
What is early adulthood?
Starting in childhood, we develop our perception and opinion on all objects, people, and other things called this.
What are schemas?
The ability to feel like and be proud to be yourself no matter who you are with.
What is identity coherence?
The tendency of babies to grab onto things that are near them.
What is the grasp reflex?
This stage is where most adults enjoy retirement and deteriorate physically or mentally.
What is late adulthood?
How likely a parent is to expect things of their child - such as chores or good grades.
What is demandingness?
This vocabulary term refers to a decreased response to stimulus when experienced many times.
What is habituation?
The view you have of yourself that involves all aspects of your life and personality.
What is self-concept?
Babies will jolt or move away from an unknown touch.
What is the withdrawal reflex?
These parents allow their children to run the relationship and often cater to the wants/needs of the child.
What is permissive?
The second stage of childhood development - occurs from ages 2 to 7.
What is preoperational?
The third phase of childhood development that occurs from 7 to puberty.
What is concrete operational?
The ability to understand and appreciate what makes you unique.
What is identity distinctiveness?
The tendency of babies to bite or suck on objects to practice feeding or eating.
What is the Rooting Reflex?
The culturally considered 'right time' to complete key life events.
What is the social clock?
Altering our existing schemas based on new information that is presented.
What is assimilation?
The first phase of childhood development that occurs from birth to 2 years old.
What is sensorimotor?
The point where your feeling of who you are becomes set and you are the most comfortable with your personality.
What is identity continuity?
When frightened, babies will tend to curl up in a ball for protection.
What is the Moro reflex?
These parents are often harsh, demanding, and at times emotionally unavailable to their child.
What is authoritarian?
Entirely changing or creating new schemas based on new information.
What is accomodation?