ch 9 quiz

According to Eric Erikson, the psychosocial stage where a child develops a sense of independence (1-3 years) is called:

autonomy vs. shame/doubt

lifespan development

focuses on studying how you change as well as you remain the same over the course of your life.

According to Eric Erikson, the psychosocial stage where a child develops self-confidence in abilities when competent (7-11 years) is called:

industry vs. inferiority

The embryonic development lasts from __________to__________.

3 to 8 weeks.

According to Kohlberg, the interpersonal and social stages are part of the __________ level of morality.

Conventional

Theorists who view development as ________ believe that development takes place in unique stages.

Discontinuous

According to Kohlberg, the obedience and individual interest stages are part of the ________level of morality.

Pre-conventional

Which of the following is not one of the cognitive development stages according to Jean Piaget

Presensorimotor

Developmental psychologists view development as a lifelong process that can be studied scientifically across which three developmental domains, which of the following is not one of the domains?

Psychosexual development

A biological, chemical, or physical environmental agent that causes damage to the developing embryo or fetus is called a

Teratogen

In secure attachment

The child shows some distress when the caregiver leaves but you can compose himself/herself when the caregiver returns.

In resistant attachment

The child tends to show clingy behavior, but then the child rejects the attachment figure's attempts for interaction.

In Mary Ainsworth's 'strange situation' developmental psychologists are most interested in studying attachment by examining closely ______________.

The infant's response to the mother returning to the room.

Which term refers to adding more information to an existing schema e.g. dog=dog cat=dog horse=dog?

assimilation

In avoidant attachment

the child is unresponsive to the parent, does not use the parent as a secure base, and does not care if the parent leaves.

A (an) begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.

zygote