Second Half Of Ch 4 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life
Imprinting
An optimal period shortly after birth when an organisms exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
Critical period
According to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
Basic trust
Self of ones identity and self worth, all of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answers to the question who am I?
Self-concept
Impose rules and expect obedience
Authoritarian parenting
Submit to their children’s desires, make few demands, and use little punishment
Permissive parenting
Demanding and responsive
Authoritative parenting
The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence
Adolescence
The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
Puberty
The body structures (ovaries, testes) that make sexual reproduction possible
Primary sex traits
None productive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality and body hair
Secondary sex traits
Sought to describe development of moral reasoning, thinking that incurs as we consider right or wrong
Lawrence Kohlberg
Before age 9, most children obey to avoid punishment or to gain concrete rewards
Preconventional morality
By early adolescence 6; morality that cares for others and upholds laws and social rules simply because they are laws and rules
Conventional morality
Affirms people’s agreed-upon rights or follows what one personality perceives as basic ethnical principles
Postconventional morality
The menstrual period
Menarche
Development psychological theorist contend that each stage of life has its own psychosocial task, a crisis that needs resolution 8 stages
Erik Erikson
The adolescents task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles
Identity
Ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary development task in ,ate adolescence and early childhood
Intimacy
Time of natural cessation of menstration; also refers to the ability to biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines
Menopause
A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, Lang., and physical functions
Alzheimer’s disease
A study in which ppl of diff. Ages are compared with one another
Cross-sectional study
Research in which, the same ppl are restocked and retested over a long period
Longitudinal study
Ones accumulated knowledge and verbalskills; tends to increase with age
Crystallized intelligence