Lifespan Development
This developmental stage, from birth to about age 2, is when object permanence is first understood.
What is infancy?
This attachment style is characterized by distress when a caregiver leaves but comfort upon return.
What is secure attachment?
The pyschologist responsible for the idea of the preoperational stage.
Who is Jean Piaget?
Cognitive maturity often comes not from learning more in books, but from this.
What is life experience?
The body part that appears to be out of scale with the rest of a two-year old's body.
What is the head?
Erik Erikson described adolescence as the stage of this major psychosocial conflict.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
Thinking about thinking is referred to as this.
What is metacognition?
Ths psychologist whose theories are being tested when interviewing a preschooler about jar is more full of water.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This term describes shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group
This game is fun for young children who understand object permanence.
What is Peek-A-Book?
This term refers to the ability to think abstractly, typically emerging in Piaget’s final stage.
What is formal operational thinking?
The ability to understand that others can have a different persective than you.
What is decentering?
The psychologist whose framework explains the way individuals growth spcially through the stages of their life.
Who is Erik Erikson?
The process by which individuals learn social norms.
What is socialization?
During Erikson's first stage, a young child builds this with their caregivers as they are fed, talked to, and held.
What is trust?
The period from ages 20–40, often focused on relationships and career building.
What is early adulthood?
The social group that most teens rely on in their decision making-process.
What are peers?
The psychologist has an eidetic memory useful for solving crimes in Santan Barbara.
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What is a rite of passage ceremony?
This is the most important activity for toddlers and preschoolers to engage in as their build physical strength, mental agility, and social and emotional connections.
What is play?
This theory suggests development continues throughout life and is influenced by culture and context.
What is the lifespan perspective?
A group of adults who are in between adolescence and middle adulthood.
What are Emergent Adults?
This psychologist is responsible for framing stages that come AFTER Piaget's Formal Operational thinking stage.
Who is Gisela La-Bouvie Vief?
The term used to describe discrmination based on a person's age
What is ageism?
During the elementary years children will tend to favor activities that meet this criteria.
What is comething they are good at OR something their parents enjoy.