Developmental Psychology

Question 1

What is nature?

Answer 1

Traits you’re born with

Question 2

What is nurture?

Answer 2

traits shaped by your environment

Question 3

What are teratogens?

Answer 3

Harmful substances (like drugs or alcohol) that affect a baby before birth

Question 4

What are reflexes?

Answer 4

Automatic movements babies are born with

Question 5

What is a rooting reflex?

Answer 5

Baby turns head when cheek is touched

Question 6

What is a sucking reflex?

Answer 6

Baby sucks when something touches their mouth

Question 7

What is the grasping reflex?

Answer 7

baby grips something placed in their hand

Question 8

What is the moro reflex?

Answer 8

startle response-baby flings arms out when startled

Question 9

What is the Babinski reflex?

Answer 9

Baby’s toes spread out when the sole of the foot is stroked

Question 10

What is a visual cliff?

Answer 10

An experiment that tests if babies can precieve depth

Question 11

What are motor skills?

Answer 11

movement and coordination

Question 12

what are gross motor skills?

Answer 12

Big movements (like crawling or walking)

Question 13

What is a gender schema?

Answer 13

Mental framework for understanding gender roles

Question 14

What’s discontinuous?

Answer 14

development happens in stages

Question 15

What is a growth spurt?

Answer 15

rapid physical growth, especially during puberty

Question 16

What is the zone of proximal development? (Vygotsky’s idea)

Answer 16

What a child can do with help

Question 17

What is Trust vs. Mistrust?

Answer 17

infants learn to trust or Mistrust the world

Question 18

What is autonomy vs shame and doubt

Answer 18

toddlers try to do things on their own

Question 19

What is initiative vs.guilt

Answer 19

preschoolers try new things or feel guilty

Question 20

what is industry vs inferiority

Answer 20

kids try to do well in school or feel inadequate

Question 21

What is identity vs role confusion

Answer 21

teens figure out who they are

Question 22

What is intimacy vs. isolation?

Answer 22

young adults seek close relationships or feel lonely

Question 23

What is generativity vs. stagnation?

Answer 23

middle-aged adults want to help the next generation

Question 24

What is integrity vs. despair?

Answer 24

older adults reflect on life with pride or regret

Question 25

What is Assimilation?

Answer 25

Fitting new info into what you already know

Question 26

What is accommodations?

Answer 26

changing what you know to fit new info

Question 27

What is object permanence?

Answer 27

knowing something exists even when its not visible

Question 28

what is mental symbols

Answer 28

using things like imagines or words in your mind

Question 29

What is Egocentric?

Answer 29

only seeing things from your point of view

Question 30

What is pretend play?

Answer 30

using imagination in play

Question 31

What is theory of mind

Answer 31

understanding that others have different thoughts and feelings

Question 32

What are Concepts of conservation?

Answer 32

understanding that amount stays the same even if it looks different

Question 33

What is formal operational stage?

Answer 33

thinking abstractly and about possibilities

Question 34

What is concrete operational stage?

Answer 34

thinking logically about real things

Question 35

What is abstract reasoning?

Answer 35

Thinking about ideas, not just things you see

Question 36

What is Hypothetical thinking?

Answer 36

Thinking about "what if" situations.

Question 37

What is metacognition?

Answer 37

thinking about your own thinking

Question 38

What is personal fable?

Answer 38

Believing your experiences are totally unique

Question 39

What are phonemes?

Answer 39

Smallest sound units in language

Question 40

What are morphemes?

Answer 40

Smallest units with meaning

Question 41

What is syntax?

Answer 41

Rules for sentence structure

Question 42

What are semantics?

Answer 42

meaning of words and sentences

Question 43

What is babbling?

Answer 43

repeating sounds (baby talk)

Question 44

What is the Holophrastic stage?

Answer 44

one word stands for a whole idea

Question 45

What is the one-word stage

Answer 45

using one word at a time

Question 46

What is Telegraphic speech?

Answer 46

two-word sentences like "want toy"

Question 47

What is two-word stage?

Answer 47

combining two words

Question 48

what is overgeneralization?

Answer 48

using language rules to widely

Question 49

What is a critical period?

Answer 49

A time when something must be learned

Question 50

What is attachment parenting?

Answer 50

strong emotional bonding with babies

Question 51

What is secure attachment?

Answer 51

baby feels safe when caregiver is around

Question 52

What is avoidant attachments?

Answer 52

baby avoids caregiver

Question 53

Anxious/ambivalent attachments?

Answer 53

baby is unsure-clings but also resistis

Question 54

What is resistant attachments?

Answer 54

baby is upset and hard to comfort

Question 55

What is insecure attachments?

Answer 55

weak or troubled bond with caregiver

Question 56

What is separation anxiety?

Answer 56

baby gets upset when caregiver leaves

Question 57

What is a microsystem?

Answer 57

immediate environment

Question 58

What is a mesosystem?

Answer 58

how parts of the microsystem interact (parent-teacher)

Question 59

What is Exosystem?

Answer 59

Indirect influences (parent's jobs)

Question 60

What is a macrosystem?

Answer 60

culture, values, laws

Question 61

what is a Chronosystem

Answer 61

changes over time

Question 62

What is authoritarian parenting style?

Answer 62

strict, lots of rules, little warmth

Question 63

What is permissive parents?

Answer 63

lenient, few rules

Question 64

What is authoritative parents?

Answer 64

balanced- firm but loving (the healthiest style)