Chapter 4 Pt 2

Question 0

Basic Trust

Answer 0

Erik Erikson - a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy, formed during infancy.

Question 1

Imprinting

Answer 1

The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.

Question 2

Self-Concept

Answer 2

A sense of ones identity and personal worth.

Question 3

Authoritarian Parents

Answer 3

Impose rules and expect obedience.

“Don’t interrupt” … “Because I said so”

Question 4

Permissive Parentsp

Answer 4

Sub,it to their children’s desires, use little punishment.

Question 5

Authoritative Parents

Answer 5

Both demanding and responsive

Question 6

Adolescence (identity)

Answer 6

The transition period from childhood to adulthood extending from puberty to independence

Question 7

Puberty

Answer 7

Period of sexual maturation, capable of reproducing.

Question 8

Primary Sex Traits

Answer 8

Body structures - (ovaries, testies, external genetalia) that make sexual reproduction possible.

Question 9

Secondary Sex Traits

Answer 9

Nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality and body hair.

Question 10

Lawrence Kohlberg

Answer 10

Described the development of moral reasoning, the thinking that occurs as we consider right and wrong.

Question 11

Preconventional Morality

Answer 11

Before age 9, they obey either to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards.

Question 12

Conventional Morality

Answer 12

By early adolescence, morality usually evolves to a more conventional level that cares for others and upholds law/social rules.

Ex: don’t pay taxes cause that supports war

Question 13

Postconventional Morality

Answer 13

Affirms people’s agreed-upon rights or follows what one personality perceives as basic ethical principles.

Question 14

Menarche

Answer 14

First menstrual period

Question 15

Erik Erikson

Answer 15

Contended that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task, a crisis that needs resolution.

Question 16

Identity

Answer 16

Ones sense of self

Question 17

Intimacy

Answer 17

The ability to form close, loving relationships: late adolescent’s - early adulthood.

Question 18

Menopause

Answer 18

The time of natural cessation of menstruation; the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines

Question 19

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 19

A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language and physical functions.

Question 20

Cross-Sectional Study

Answer 20

A study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.

Question 21

Longitudinal Study

Answer 21

Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.

Question 22

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 22

Ones accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

Question 23

Fluid Intelligence

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Ones ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.

Question 24

Social Clock

Answer 24

The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood and retirement.