Chapter 9 Lifespan Development

describes when they change their schemata based on new information

accomodation

the parent places high value on conformity and obedience

authority style

development takes place in unique stages

discontinuous development

maturing of the sex glands

gondarche

This process of cell division is called

mitosis

our environment and culture

nurture

The idea that even if something is out of sight, it still exists is called ________.

object permanence

Developmental psychologists study human growth and development across three domains. Which of the following is not one of these domains?

psychological

Freud's stages are called the stages of

psychosexual development

theory emphasizes the social nature of our development rather than its sexual nature

psychosocial development

children tend to show clingy behavior, but then they reject the attachment figure's attempts to interact with them

resistant attachment

which means that objects can be changed and then returned back to their original form or condition

reversibility

the parents are indifferent, uninvolved, and sometimes referred to as neglectful

uninvolved style

What begins as a single-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge at conception?

zygote

Who created the very first modern hospice?

Cicely Saunders

The frontal lobes become fully developed ________.

by 25 years old

relates to the ability to take the perspective of others and feel concern for others

cognitive empathy

occurs when sperm fertilizes an egg and forms a zygote

conception

the kids run the show and anything goes

permissive style

refers to innate traits that influence how one thinks, behaves, and reacts with the environment.

temperment

Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development?

zygote, embryo, fetus

another stage theorist, took Freud's theory and modified it as psychosocial theory

Erik Erikson

Which theorist proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages?

Lawrence Kohlberg

believed that personality develops during early childhood

Sigmund Freud

How is lifespan development defined?

The study of how we grow and change from conception to death

Using scissors to cut out paper shapes is an example of ________.

fine motor skills

focus on the muscles in our fingers, toes, and eyes, and enable coordination of small actions

fine motor skills

when they take in information that is comparable to what they already know

assimilation

The view that development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills is known as

continuous development

Each organ of the fetus develops during a specific period in the pregnancy

critical or sensitive period

The time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop is known as ________.

critical period

Which of the following is the order of stages in Kübler-Ross's five-stage model of grief?

denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

According to Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, what is the main task of the adolescent?

forming an identity

focus on large muscle groups that control our arms and legs and involve larger movements

gross motor skills

refer to our ability to move our bodies and manipulate objects

motor skills

biology and genetics

nature

stages of moral reasoning

pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional

organs specifically needed for reproduction, like the uterus and ovaries in females and testes in male

primary sexual characteristics

physical signs of sexual maturation that do not directly involve sex organs, such as development of breasts and hips in girls, and development of facial hair and a deepened voice in boys

secondary sexual characteristics

The child uses the parent as a base from which to explore her world in which attachment style?

secure

a parental presence that gives the child a sense of safety as he explores his surroundings

secure base

is any environmental agent—biological, chemical, or physical—that causes damage to the developing embryo or fetus.

teratogen

begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge

zygote

concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information

Schemata