Developmental Flashcards
(28 cards)
Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly
Fluid intelligence
The fertilized egg is known as a:
Zygote
What are the harmful environmental elements that can affect the fetus called?
Teratogens
The changes that occur according to one’s genetically determined biological timetable of development
Maturation
What is the name of the concept or framework that organizes and interprets information?
Schemas
What name is given to the preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view?
Egocentrism
What is the optimal period shortly after birth called?
Critical period
In what type of attachment does the child experience separation anxiety, but freely explores when the parent is around?
Secure attachment
Parents who submit to their children’s desires are known as
Permissive parents
The first menstrual period is referred to as:
Menarche
Before the age of 9, children’s morality focuses on self-interest. This is:
Preconventional morality
Erikson’s defined “identity” as
Our sense of self
What are the 2 basic aspects of our lives that dominate adulthood?
Intimacy and Generativity
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
Crystallized intelligence
What is the time of natural cessation of menstruation in women called?
Menopause
Which of Erikson’s stages of development focuses on finding one’s identity?
Identity
During what weeks does the fetus reach the age of viability?
22-26 weeks
First stage of prenatal development
Germinal stage
When you fail to support the head/neck of a baby, they will throw out their arms and fingers
Moro reflex
When touching the palm of a newborn, they will grasp the object that is touching them.
Palmar grasp
When touching the sole of the newborn’s foot, they will spread their toes.
Plantar grasp
Whenever something is put in their mouth they will suck
Sucking
When the newborn’s cheek is touched, the newborn will turn their head to that side
Rooting reflex
If you place a newborn on a flat surface, their legs will make a walking motion
Stepping reflex
