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