Prenatal/Infancy
What is a fertilized egg?
Zygote
What shapes awareness, sensitivity, appropriate behavior, belonging, and resilience?
Early friendships
This term refers to the biological end of a woman’s reproductive years.
Menopause
According to Harlow’s research with monkeys, infants prioritize this over food when forming attachments.
Contact comfort
What does language and conversation skills teach?
Thinking skills
How many weeeks into development does a fetus form?
8
These are automatic, fixed action patterns in newborns like sucking and grasping.
Reflexes
Erikson’s stage during middle adulthood focuses on this concept—leaving a mark on the world.
generativity vs. stagnation
This psychologist is known for his stages of psychosocial development.
Erik Erikson
Community
What is the term for timing critical to forming close bonds of attachment?
Critical Periods
This showcases capability for logical, introspective thinking, and develops metacognition
Cognitive development
What does generativity vs. stagnation measure?
How confident you are in your accomplishments
What does secure attachment create in most children?
Confidence
What system emphasizes indirect influences?
Exosystem
What is it called when an infant perceives depth by the time they crawl?
Visual Cliff
What do adolescents usually care more about than thier family perceptions?
Peer perceptions
what social changes exist in early adulthood?
Mate selection, parenting, education, and career selection
This stage in Piaget’s theory indicates readiness for adult intellectual tasks
Formal Operations
What are exposed to many examples of languages
Neural networks
According to Piaget, infants develop this concept around 8 months, understanding that objects continue to exist even when out of sight.
object permanence
What does ambivalent attachment form in the child?
A negative self image and exaggerated emotional response to gain attention
What system do parents influence for their child?
Microsystem
Define how babies with insecure and secure attachment styles act?
Secure: seeks interaction, close with caregiver
Insecure: ignores caregiver, cannot be calmed down
What states that brains have a language acquisition device
Biological influences in language