Life span final
thinking that is reflective/relativistic/contextual, provisional/ realistic, and influenced by emotion is called
post - formal thought
the term coined by john locke meaning "blank slate" is?
tabula rasa
what is the field of study that investigates the causes of birth defects and abnormalities in fetuses
teratology
Popular, average, neglected rejected, and controversial are the six examples of what
Peer statuses
T/F infants are not socioemotional beings who typically show little interest in their social world
false
_____________ consists of the genetic make up of a person
genotype
the match between a child's temperament and the environmental demands the child must cope with is ?
goodness to fit
the developmental period that begins at approximately 40 and extends to 60-65 is referred to as
middle adulthood
the development of thoughts feelings and behaviors regarding rules and conventions about what people should do in their interactions with other people is known as
moral development
true or false affectionate love increases in midlife for many adults
true
a noninvasive prenatal medical procedure using high frequency sound waves directed into a pregnant woman's abdomen is ?
ultra sound
The first outward signs of noticeable aging are usually apparent between the ages
40 and 50
there are how many stages to the human developmental processes
8
Small groups that range from 2 to about 12 individuals and average about 5 to 6 individuals are called
Cliques
Adults refers to individuals who are living together and are in a sexual relationship, but are not married
Cohabiting
According to sterberg's triangle of love, the strongest fullest form of love containing all three dimensions is called
Commitment Passion Intimacy
The stage of page's development associated with middle/late childhood is
Concrete operational
A type of intelligence that includes verbal ability and accumulated knowledge and tends to increase over the lifespane
Crystalized
One of the most common characteristic of divorced adults is
Difficulty trusting someone in a romantic relationship
the transition from adolescence to adulthood has been referred to as
Emerging adulthood
true or false according to Erik Erikson, the stage being experienced during middle/late childhood is Doubt vs. Shame
FALSE
True or False being single has become a decreasingly prominent lifestyle in today's society
False
When Sally was 5 months old she noticed a toy train on the floor, but hone her mom blocked her view, she did not search fro it. Now that she is 9 months old she will look for things when her view is blocked. This shows she has successfully achieved Piaget's 1st stage of development which is Self-Differnetations
False
true or false for the most part most U.S. Children are considered to get plenty of exercise
False
true or false not only does cognitive ability increase during the adolescence, do does school performance
False
true or false stagnation is a part of erikson's development theory that states in adult has the desire to leave a legacy of themselves on the next generation
False
true or false the deliberate efforts to manage one's behavior emotions and thoughts is called self-determination
False
true or false while it is a concern parents and educators to help children avoid having a low esteem, worrying about children having over inflated self-esteem should not be a concern at all
False
Broad categories that reflect our impressions and belies about females and males are called
Gender Stereoptypes
a set of expectations that prescribes how females or males should think, act and fell
Gender role
The ideal that involves adolescents believing that others are as interested in them as they are in themselves is called
Imaginary Audiene
The age which individuals are choosing to have their first child is
Increasing
One of the four types of attachment in which a child may show disorientation and extreme fearfulness towards a caregiver is called
Insecure Disorganized
the label _____ is applied to an adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior that is considered illegal
Juvenile delinquent
Gross motor skill development in babies involves which muscles groups
Large
the pleasant times after work when individuals are free to pursue activities and interests of their choosing is called
Leisure
having a limited mental ability in which one has a low IQ and difficulty adapting to everyday life is known as what
Mental retardation
a social cognitive process involved in understanding the thoughts and feelings of others
Perspective taking
______________ consists of the observable characteristics in a person, including physical.
Phenotype
The brain-neuroendocrine process that provides stimulation for the rapid physical changes that take place during early adolescence is called
Puberty
the phenomenon we see in our current society in which adult children are being put into the position of taking care of not only their parents, but also their own children is referred to as
Sandwich generation
Infants will begin to develop _________ Emotions which require the awareness of self or me
Self-conscious
A form of education that promotes social responsibility and services to the community is called
Service learning
The third leading cause of death in 10 to 19-year olds today in the United States
Suicide
True or false every year more than3 million adolescents will acquire a sexually transmitted infection
TRUE
Robert Sternberg developed an IQ test, what he called his Triarchie Theory of Intelligence and it was designed to focus on how many elements of intelligence
Three
True or false the period of middle/late childhood involves slow, consistent, growth
True
True or false the stage of erikson's development that is occurring during early adulthood is intimacy v. isolation
True
true or false a time of dramatic self doubt and anxiety during which people sense the passing of their youth and become preoccupied with concern about the imminence of their own mortality is called "Midlife Crisis"
True
true or false work is something that defines people in fundamental ways
True
Vygotsky's term for tasks that are too difficult for children to master alone but can be mastered with assistance is called
Zone of proximal development
What is necessary for children during this period to grow and develop in a healthy way
adequate sleep, proper nutrition, exercise (all of the above)
The limbic structure that is especially involved in emotion is called
amygdala
the term that refers to a person possessing both positive male and female characteristics is called
androgyny
the ethological perspective is concern with what subject in their natural environment?
animals
belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action
animism
two types of eating disorders commonly experienced by more adolescent girls than boys are
anorexia
the widely used assessment of the newborns health at 1 to 5 minutes after birth is?
apgarscale
a close emotional bond between two people is ?
attachment
Piaget concluded children that the two distinct stages of morality that children go through are heteronomous and what
autonomous
the three types of attachment that can be experienced in early adulthood are secure, anxious and
avoidant
T/F psychologists believe that our development stops at a certain age and does not continue throughout our lives ?
false
what profession uses twin studies and adoption studies to determine the strength of heredity's influence on development
behavior genetics
T/F the four types of age are chronological, interpersonal, biological, and emotional
false
T/F, in regards to development, the term Plasticity means solid or foundational?
false
refers to the support that parents give each other in raising a child
co-parenting
sean heard his mother tell her friend that she was "cornered" their neighbor a few days ago. This confused sean causing him to experience a feeling of being cognitively off- balance or ____________ since he couldn't in=magine his mother changing into a spot where two wall meet.
disequilibrium
The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's is called
egocentrism
during the second phase of prenatal development support systems and the development of organs will occur. what stage is this ?
embryonic period
the four main types of child maltreatment are physical abuse, child neglect sexual abuse and
emotional abuse
the view that development is the result of an ongoing, bidirectional, interchange between heredity and environments is
epigenetics
the theorist who believed a psychological crisis of occurs in each of the stages of development and how the person rectifies that crisis will in it turn affect their later development
erik erikson
all of the following are myths associated with marriage except
even though parenting is an instance, training and education can still be beneficial
T/F by the age of three a child will have developed 25% of their adult brain
false
T/F during the first year of life, you will see only small to minor changes in the childs development
false
True or false - Empty nest syndrome is a term used to describe the possible depression mother's depression felt by a mother after her children graduate college
false
True or false it has been shown that premarital education does nothing to improve the quality of a marriage
false
true or false Crystalized intelligence refers to the ability to think abstractly and typically begins to decline in middle adulthood
false
true or false Peak physical performance is often reached between the ages of 19 and 40
false
the sense of being a male or female, which most children acquire by the age of three is known as
gender identity
the actual units of hereditary information composed of DNA are called what ?
genes
the practice of caregivers holding infants skin to skin to promote things such as better breathing, longer sleep periods, and bonding is called what?
kangaroo care
the characteristic of lifespan perspective that states several different disciplines will have a vested interest in how human development occurs is ?
multidisciplinary
the process by which axons are covered with a layer of fat cells is called
myelination
the "big Five" personality factors are opens, conscientiousness, extroversion agreeableness and
neuroticism
babies will exhibit at least three types of cries, basic cry, angry cry and >>>
pain cry
authoritarian, authoritative indulgent, and neglectful are styles of what
parenting styles
which stage page's developmental theory is associated with early childhood
preoporational or sesensorimotor
Using the this memory skill, we can keep information in short-term memory for a much longer period of time
rehersive skill or (rehearsal skill)
rapport and ___ speech are the two identified ways in which men and women prefer to communicate
report
An important form of reciprocal socialization in which parent's time interactions in such a way that the infant experiences turn0-taking is called
scaffolding
the mental building blocks or representations that infants use ( according to piaget) to assist in their cognitive development are called
schemas
the actual meaning of words and sentences is called what
semantics
having awareness of one's own mental process and the mental process of others is called
theory of mind
Sudden infant Death syndrome occurs when an infant stops breathing usually at night
true
T/F an observational measure of infant attachement in which the infant experiences a series of introductions, separations, and reunions, with the caregiver and adult stranger in a prescribed order is called stranger situation
true
T/F the three contemporary concerns for development today are Health/ well-being, sociocultural contexts/ diversity, and parenting/ education?
true
T/F when a person experiences something in their life, it is not possible for it affect on of the development processes (cognitive, biological, and socioemotional) without affecting them all
true
True or false Rapport speech is the social communication pattern typically seen among women
true
