Unit 6 Developmental Psychology

Young Kids

100

this is the term for a newly fertilized egg

Zygote

200

This is the reflex triggered by brushing an infant’s cheek, causing them to look around with an open mouth

Rooting Reflex

300

When a kid can’t understand that a short glass and tall glass have the same amount of milk in them, they are missing this concept

Conservation

400

These are chemicals or viruses that can cause damage to an unborn child

Teratogens

500

This is the process of adjusting current schema to make sense of new information

Accommodation

Growing Old

100

this is the orderly process of growing older, and is uninfluenced by experience or environment

Maturation

200

A female person who has grown beyond this point can no longer have children

Menopause

300

This is a disease that happens in older populations which includes losing procedural and explicit memories

Alzheimer's Disease

400

This act can stimulate both physical and mental well being, especially in adulthood

Excercise

500

this parenting style tends to be demanding yet sensitively responsive to child's needs

Authoritative Parenting

Erikson

100

Erikson believed That the most important thing to figure out during adolescence is this

Identity

200

Erikson said trust is the most important factor of development during this stage

Infancy

300

Toddlers who want to “do it myself” are dealing with this conflict

Autonomy vs Shame/Guilt

400

According to Erikson, a 70 year old person should be struggling to prove they have this

Integrity 

500

During elementary school, kids are dealing with trying to understand this struggle

Industry vs Inferiority

Piaget

100

This is the idea that objects continue to exist, even when you are not looking at them

Object Permanence 

200

Piaget believed that this stage followed the PreOperational Stage of development

Concrete Operational

300

This Stage is all about what kids can fit in their mouths, and everything they take in from other senses too

Sensorimotor

400

According to Piaget, people begin to reason abstractly at this stage

Formal Operational

500

In the Preoperational stage, kids can have just developed this type of thinking

Symbolic

Kohlberg

100

Kolberg was trying to develop stages to help explain this type of development

Moral Development

200

Some people never even reach this level of Kohlberg

Level 6

300

Someone might not cheat on a test because they do not want to violate classroom rules is at Kohlberg’s this stage

Conventional

400

This is how old most kids in the PreConventional stage are

0-9 Years

500

Kohlberg PostConventional stage is all about this kind of ideal

Universal Moral Ideals