Lifespan

During this stage of prenatal development, the placenta forms and the heart begins to beat.

embryonic

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

environment and culture

A developmental psychologist might use ________ to observe how children behave on a playground, at a daycare center, or in the child's own home.

naturalistic observation

Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify?

object permanence

Four year old Kim has a mental model for an office because she has been to doctors' offices. When her mom takes her to her work office at a law firm, according to Piaget, Kim would modify her _________________ to include different types of offices.

schema

During Jean Piaget's ________ stage, the world is experienced through senses and actions.

sensorimotor

Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory emphasizes the ________ nature of our development and his theory went through _________________.

social; the whole lifespan

A ________ is any environmental agent-biological, chemical, or physical-that causes damage.

teratogen

Ainsworth found that in securely attached infants and toddlers, the child ______________________________________.

uses the parent as a secure base.

In the doll studies, Mamie and Kenneth Clark found that young children

were aware of racial differences.