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Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Infancy and Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Vocab
100
The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo.
What is a zygote
100
A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.
What is a schema.
100
The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.
What is puberty.
100
The time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines.
What is menopause.
100
The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
What is object permanence.
200
The developing human organism from 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month.
What is an embryo.
200
Our understanding and evaluation of who we are.
What is self-concept.
200
The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.
What is adolescence.
200
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.
What is crystallized intelligence.
200
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
What is cognition.
300
The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.
What is a fetus
300
In which stage of Piaget’s theory, does a child learn to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of complete logic.
What is the preoperational stage.
300
The “we” aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to “Who am I?” that comes from our group memberships.
What is social identity.
300
Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.
What is longitudinal study
300
According to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
What is basic trust.
400
Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking. Symptoms can include facial disproportions.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(FAS).
400
Explain the difference between assimilation and accommodation.
What is in assimilation we interpret our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas. In accommodation we adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information.
400
In Erikson’s theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood.
What is intimacy.
400
The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.
What is social clock.
400
An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism’s exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
What is critical period.
500
Agents (chemicals & viruses) that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.
What is teratogens.
500
Explain the difference between imprinting and attachment.
What is imprinting is the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life and attachment is an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation.
500
The first menstrual period.
What is menarche.
500
The three major developmental issues
What is Nature and Nurture; Continuity and Stages; Stability and Change
500
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.
What is fluid intelligence.