1.6 Developmental Psychology

Question 1

Developmental Psychology

Answer 1

Study of the changes of a person over their life.

Question 2

Causes of being sterile

Answer 2

> 20% abnormal sperm causes someone to be diagnosed clinically sterile. Marijuana, and pesticides make abnormal sperm.

Question 3

Embryo

Answer 3

2-8 weeks after conception

Question 4

Fetus

Answer 4

9 weeks after conception to birth

Question 5

Spontaneous abortions

Answer 5

wrong number of chromosomes, or bad development

Question 6

Stillborn

Answer 6

Pregnancy lost after 20 weeks

Question 7

Newborn reflexes

Answer 7

Palmer grasping reflex, rooting reflex, sucking, moro, stepping, swimming. We lose them eventually because the voluntary part of the brain develops

Question 8

Palmer grasping reflex

Answer 8

newborns grip things in their hands

Question 9

Rooting reflex

Answer 9

newborns turn head and open their mouth if their cheek is stroked

Question 10

Moro reflex

Answer 10

newborn shoots out arms and legs, then straightens. Caused when startled

Question 11

Motor Development

Answer 11

90% learn to walk by 15 months. We don’t have much control over our rectum and bladder at first.

Question 12

Talking to babies

Answer 12

People talk to babies in higher, louder voices with less words, shorter sentences, and repetition which helps them learn languages better.

Question 13

Speech preferences

Answer 13

Babies prefer mother’s voice and language kid songs, and childish talk compared to adult talk.

Question 14

Cognitive development

Answer 14

Frontal lobes develop most from ages 3 to 6. Brain cells die off if they aren’t used.

Question 15

Baby Mozart

Answer 15

myth that Mozart makes babies smart. Listening to music doesn’t make a difference, but playing instruments does.

Question 16

Hanlow

Answer 16

made a study with stuffed animals and a wire feeding monkey, and determined infant monkeys prefer contact more than food.

Question 17

Lorenz

Answer 17

Studied imprinting, when goslings attach to the 1st moving object they see.

Question 18

Ainsworth

Answer 18

studies attachment in humans with a strange situation procedure. A baby with a secure attachment cries when mom leaves them alone with a stranger, and grows up to have good relationships with people when an adult.

Question 19

Adolescent Development

Answer 19

girls reach puberty around 11.5, boys reach it around 13.5. It is harder for early girls and late boys to go through it.

Question 20

Erikson

Answer 20

Theorized that Adolescents try to answer “Who am I?”

Question 21

Marcia

Answer 21

Adolescents go through stages of exploration and commitment.

Question 22

identity diffusion

Answer 22

no commitment or exploration

Question 23

identity foreclosure

Answer 23

commitment, no exploration

Question 24

identity moratorium

Answer 24

no commitment, lots of exploration

Question 25

identity achievement

Answer 25

commitment after exploration