Developmental Psychology

Question 1

What is developmental psychology?

Answer 1

The study of changes and transitions that accompany physical growth or maturation.

Question 2

What are the three stages of gestation?

Answer 2

The germinal (first two weeks), embyronic (two months) and fetal (third month to birth).

Question 3

What is Jean Piaget’s adaptation theory for child cognitive development?

Answer 3

They are assimilation (fitting new information into existing ideas) and accommodation (modification of cognitive schemata to incorporate new information).

Question 4

What are Jean Piaget’s 4 stages?

Answer 4

Sensorimotor (0-2 yrs), preoperation (2-7), concrete operational (7-12) and formal operational (12+).

Question 5

What are Sigmund Freud’s 5 stages?

Answer 5

Oral (0-18 months), anal (18 mos-3yrs), phallic (3-6), latency (6-13), and genital (adolescence-adulthood).

Question 6

What is Lawerence Kohlberg known for?

Answer 6

Theory of moral development

Question 7

What are Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of crisis on life span development?

Answer 7

1. Trust v. mistrust (0-18 mos) 2. Autonomy v. shame and doubt (18 mos-3yrs). 3. Initiative v. guilt (3-6) 4. Industry v. inferiority (6-puberty) 5. Identity v. role confusion (teen years) 6. Intimacy v. isolation (young adult) 7. Productivity v. stagnation (middle age) 8. Ego integrity v. despair (old age).