Intro to Psychology FE Ch. 6/9

naturalistic observation

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

Psychosocial development theory : 40s

According to ______________________, when people reach their 40s, they enter the time known as middle adulthood, which extends to the mid-60s. The social task of middle adulthood is generativity versus stagnation.

identify vs confusion

Adolescents (ages 12-18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. What is the primary development task of this stage?

developmental milestones

Although children develop at slightly different rates, we can use these age-related averages as general guidelines to compare children with same-age peers to determine the approximate ages they should reach specific normative events called __________ ____________ (e.g., crawling, walking, writing, dressing, naming colors, speaking in sentences, and starting puberty).

theory-of-mind

Cognitive empathy, also known as _______________, relates to the ability to take the perspective of others and feel concern for others.

physical, cognitive development, and psychosocial

Developmental psychologists view development as a lifelong process that can be studied scientifically across which three developmental domains?

sensorimotor

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

at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

Early maturing girls are_______________________

surveys

Emily is a doctoral student in psychology. She plans to use _____________ to complete her doctoral paper, asking individuals to self-report important information about how their thoughts, experiences, and beliefs differ over a 10-year period.

case study

In a(n) _______________, developmental psychologists collect a great deal of information from one individual in order to better understand physical and psychological changes over the lifespan.

assimilation

One-year-old Ainsley learned the schema for trucks because her family has a truck. When Ainsley sees trucks on television, she says "Look Mommy, truck!" This exemplifies _____________.

moro reflex

Soon after birth, a nurse almost drops Osei. He spreads his arms, pulls them back in, and then cries. This is an example of ______________.

formal operations stage

The fourth, and last, stage in Piaget's theory is the _________________________, which is from about age 11 to adulthood.

describes the influence of learning and other influences from one's environment.

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

Heinz Dilemma

What is Kohlberg's best-known moral dilemma commonly known as?

object permanence

Which of the following is not a developmental issue children face during the preoperational stage?

Sigmund Freud

Who called the stages of development psychosexual stages?

stage theories

_________________ hold that the sequence of development is universal.

continuous development

___________________ ___ views development as a cumulative process, gradually improving on existing skills.

accommodation

_____________________ describes when children change their schemata based on new information. This process continues as they interact with their environment.

Sigmund Freud viewed development

______________________ viewed development as discontinuous; he believed that each of us must pass through a series of stages during childhood, and that if we lack proper nurturance and parenting during a stage, we may become stuck, or fixated, in that stage.