Development 1.1

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Changing a pre-existing mental idea to fit new information

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

Taking in, processing, organizing, and using new information.

Question 3

Assimilation

Answer 3

Taking in new information, and fitting it into pre-existing mental ideas

Question 4

Attachment

Answer 4

The emotional bond between an infant and another person.

Question 5

Biological factor

Answer 5

Physiologically based or determined factors (Disease, age, sleep patterns)

Question 6

Biopsychosocial Model

Answer 6

An approach to describing and explaining psychological development and wellbeing.

Question 7

Cognitive development

Answer 7

Changes in an individuals mental abilities

Question 8

Critical Period

Answer 8

A specific period in development which a person (or animal) is most vulnerable to the absence of certain environmental experiences

Question 9

Development

Answer 9

Changes in a human or animal that occur over time.

Question 10

Developmental Normalities

Answer 10

Typical characteristics or abilities and expected levels of achievement associated with a particular age or stage of development.

Question 11

Disorganized Attachment

Answer 11

Infants show inconsistent behaviors during separation and reunion with caregivers.

Question 12

Emotion

Answer 12

A complex reaction pattern to a personally significant event.

Question 13

Emotional development

Answer 13

Changes in how an individual experiences different feelings and how they are expressed, interpreted, and dealt with.

Question 14

Environment

Answer 14

All the experiences, objects, and events to which we are exposed to throughout our life. (Nurture)

Question 15

Expressive behaviour

Answer 15

An outward sign that an emotion is being experienced, which can be intentional or unintentional.

Question 16

Heredity

Answer 16

Transmission of characteristics from biological parents at the time of conception (Nature)

Question 17

Imprinting

Answer 17

A simple learning process where a young animal fixes its attention on the first object it sees.

Question 18

Insecure avoidant attachment

Answer 18

Infant does not seek closeness or contact with caregiver and treats them like a stranger. 20% of 1 year old’s

Question 19

Insecure resistant attachment

Answer 19

Infant appears anxious even when caregiver is near. They get very upset when separated from caregiver. Unsure what the infant wants. 12% of 1 year old’s.

Question 20

Life span development

Answer 20

Development from birth through to old age.

Question 21

Nature

Answer 21

Heredity

Question 22

Nurture

Answer 22

Environment

Question 23

Physiological response

Answer 23

Bodily changes that occur when we experience an emotion.

Question 24

Psychological factor

Answer 24

Internal, mental processes

Question 25

Schema

Answer 25

A mental idea of what something is, and how to act on it.

Question 26

Secure Attachment

Answer 26

Infant has balance between dependance and exploration. 65% of 1 year olds.

Question 27

Sensitive period

Answer 27

A period of time in development when a human or animal is more responsive to certain types of learning.

Question 28

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 28

Infants explore using their senses and movement.

Question 29

Separation Anxiety

Answer 29

Distress when away from person they are attached to.

Question 30

Social Behaviour

Answer 30

Any action that is influenced, directly or indirectly by the presence of others.

Question 31

Social development

Answer 31

Changes in an individuals relationships with other people and their skills in interacting with others.

Question 32

Stranger anxiety

Answer 32

Distress experienced by young children around strangers.

Question 33

Strange Situation

Answer 33

A standardized test for measuring attachment a child has with their parent.

Question 34

Subjective Feeling

Answer 34

Inner personal experience of a feeling, their understanding of it, and their attitude.

Question 35

Standardized

Answer 35

Making a test the same for everyone, or easily done for everyone

Question 36

Pre-operational stage

Answer 36

Child begins to think symbolically and use language. Thinking is intuitive. 2-7 years

Question 37

Object Permanance

Answer 37

Understanding that objects still exist when out of sight

Question 38

Goal-directed behaviour

Answer 38

Child works out ways to get what they want

Question 39

Symbolic thinking

Answer 39

Child uses symbols, language, imagination

Question 40

Egocentrism

Answer 40

Child has difficulty seeing things from another viewpoint

Question 41

Concrete Operational stage

Answer 41

Mental operations with concrete ideas but not abstract ideas. Ability to think logically. 7-11 years old

Question 42

Animism

Answer 42

Childs belief that non-living things have feelings and intentions.

Question 43

Transformation

Answer 43

Understanding changes (solid to liquid)

Question 44

Conservation

Answer 44

Understanding that properties of an object can stay the same even when appearance changes

Question 45

Abstract thinking

Answer 45

Concepts we cant see or visualize (honesty, pride)

Question 46

Idealisic thinking

Answer 46

Comparing yourself to a perfect standard.

Question 47

Logical thinking

Answer 47

Planning to solve problems, makes predictions

Question 48

deductive reasoning

Answer 48

Drawing conclusions

Question 49

Concrete operational stage

Answer 49

Mental operations with concrete ideas, but not abstract ideas. Ability to think logically

Question 50

Formal operational

Answer 50

Thinking becomes sophisticated, thinking about future, making plans, and achieving goals.