psych ch 9 liefspan development
What is the name for the process by which a child changes their schemata based on new information?
Accomodation
According to ________, lifespan development encompasses eight stages and at each stage we encounter a psychosocial crisis that must be resolved.
Erik Erikson
________ are concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information.
Schemata
According to Ainsworth, babies who demonstrate proximity to their mother and separation anxiety when apart are showing indications of:
attachment
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 stages of grief confronted by dying persons?
begging
Harry Harlow demonstrated that attachment in rhesus monkeys was related to
contact comfort
What does nature refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?
genes and biology
Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.
milestones
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
Piaget's stages of cognitive development are, in order of increasing age,
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Menarche is the term used to describe
the first menstruation
Which figure in psychology first asserted that our personality as adults is shaped by experiences in childhood?
Sigmund Freud
How do toddlers in the Aché culture of Paraguay differ from toddlers in the United States?
They walk later than U.S. toddlers.
Which is the first stage in Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory?
Trust vs. mistrust
An adult who chooses not to park in a handicap space in order to avoid a ticket and fine is operating at the _________ level of Kohlberg's theory.
preconventional