Developmental Debates & Research Designs
The debate about whether genetics or environment has a greater influence on development.
What is Nature vs. Nurture?
A substance that can harm a developing fetus during pregnancy.
What is a Teratogen?
The emotional bond between an infant and caregiver.
What is Attachment?
The ability to think about concepts that are not physically present.
What is Abstract Thinking?
A stage of grief where the person refuses to accept reality.
What is Denial?
The idea that development occurs gradually rather than in distinct stages.
What is Continuity?
The first two weeks of prenatal development after conception.
What is the Germinal Stage?
The tendency of young children to focus only on their own perspective.
What is Egocentrism?
The pressure to conform to the behaviors and attitudes of peers.
What is Peer Pressure?
A stage of grief where the person feels intense sadness.
What is Depression?
The question of whether personality traits remain the same or change over time.
What is Stability vs. Change?
A test given to newborns to assess health immediately after birth.
What is the Apgar Test?
The ability to understand that others have thoughts and feelings different from one’s own.
What is Theory of Mind?
The stage marked by rapid physical changes and sexual maturation.
What is Puberty?
A term describing the sense of being between adolescence and adulthood.
What is Feeling In-Between?
A study that follows the same group of people over a long period of time.
What is a Longitudinal Study?
The stage of prenatal development from week 9 until birth.
What is the Fetal Stage?
Development pattern where growth occurs from head to toe.
What is Cephalocaudal Development?
The ability to manage and control emotional responses.
What is Emotional Self-Regulation?
A period of questioning and reevaluating life goals in middle age.
What is a Midlife Crisis?
A research method that compares different age groups at one point in time.
What is a Cross-Sectional Study?
A surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through the abdomen.
What is a Cesarean Section?
Speech style adults use when talking to young children.
What is Child-Directed Speech?
The capacity to adapt and recover from adversity.
What is Resiliency?
The decline in mental abilities often associated with aging.
What is Cognitive Decline?