Chapter 10 Development
Developmental psychologist
A psychologist spends her entire career studying how and why changes occur in people as they get older the psychologist is most likely a blank psychologist
Cross-sectional
A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time by definition using the what method
Longitudinal method
A researcher who studies a fixed group of people over a long period of time by definition is using what method
Which of the following statements is true
A. Newborns prefer sweet flavors first
Ego integrity vs despair
According to Erickson, the last stage of development
Pre-conventional level
According to Kohlenberg children interpret behavior in terms and concrete consider
Object permanence
According to Piaget is crucial to cognitive development at the sensorimotor stage
Gender typing
Acquiring gender role characteristics.
Accommodation
Adjusting behavior or thoughts to fit new environmental demands
Jean Piaget
All children go through a series of sequin all stages of cognitive development
Dr. Cross is studying whether the psychological stress trait of dependency versus independence changes as one gets older. He collects data from first fourth and ninth graders. Dr. crosses studying the relationship between age independency/independence using what research
B. Cross sectional
Which of the following is not a stage of development?
B. Uterine
Which of the following developmental sequences is incorrect order
B. Zygote, embryo, fetus, infant.
sex
Biological characteristics
Which of the following is a false statement?
C. Babies cannot hear until after they are born
Which of the following is an advantage of longitudinal research?
C. It can measure stability of behavior
Which of the following is a weakness associated with the longitudinal research
C. it cost a lot in terms of time and money
Menopause
Cessation of menstruation
abstract thinking
Characteristic that sure those up first in the formal operations
Erickson
Crisis
Concepts not used by Piaget
Critical period
Developmental milestones are useful because they
D. Alert parents to extreme developmental deviations
From the second week until the third month after conception the developing organism is called
D. Embryo
Accommodation
Eric knows that the St. Bernard is a large dog instead of a little pony. This is an example of what Piaget called
Egocentrism
Idea of the center of the world
Gender
Identity
rooting reflex
Infant will turn torward anything that touches his cheek
Assimilation and accommodation
Piaget attributed cognitive development to the interaction of two processes
In humans the machinery for perceiving the world
Ready at birth
Human development
Scientific study of changes that occur in people as they age from conception to death.
Facial hair and breast development
Secondary sexual characteristics associated with puberty
Concrete operations
Stage of cognitive development the conservation concept first appears
Moro reflex
Surprised by loud noise
Developmental psychology
The field of this focuses on the questions of how people of different ages differ from one another and what caused those differences
Placenta
The organism depends on it to exchange food and waste products
Developmental psychology
The study of psychological and physical changes from conception to death is
Jean Piaget
Theory of cognitive development
Teratogens
Toxic substances such as alcohol and nicotine that cross the placenta
Erickson
Trust vs miss trust
Autonomy
Two yr old main focus
age 11 or 12
formal operational stage
Lawrence Kohlenberg
moral development
