Unit 8 vocabulary (development)

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Changing schemas to host new things

Question 2

Adolescence

Answer 2

Transition from kid to adults

Question 3

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 3

Mental deterioration in old age

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

Fitting new experiences into old schemas

Question 5

Attachment

Answer 5

Emotional tie with another person

Question 6

Babinski reflex

Answer 6

Reflex of the foot

Question 7

Concrete operational stage

Answer 7

Logic and concrete events stage

Question 8

Conservation

Answer 8

Unit of measurements stays the same despite different containers

Question 9

Critical period

Answer 9

Best time and development for exposure

Question 10

Cross-sectional study

Answer 10

Different ages are compared

Question 11

Developmental psychology

Answer 11

Psychology studying development

Question 12

Egocentrism

Answer 12

Kids think their point of view is the same as others

Question 13

Embryo

Answer 13

Two weeks through second month of development

Question 14

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Answer 14

Abnormalities in development caused by an alcoholic mother

Question 15

Fetus

Answer 15

Nine weeks and on in development

Question 16

Formal operational stage

Answer 16

Logic and abstract concepts stage

Question 17

Gender

Answer 17

Socially constructed roles

Question 18

Gender identity

Answer 18

Our sense of gender

Question 19

Habituation

Answer 19

Decreased responsiveness to repeated stimulation

Question 20

Imprinting

Answer 20

Forming strong attachments in early life

Question 21

Inner speech

Answer 21

Silent expression of conscious thought

Question 22

Longitudinal study

Answer 22

People are re studied and retested after long periods of time

Question 23

Maturation

Answer 23

Biological growth process of behavior

Question 24

Menarche

Answer 24

First menstrual period

Question 25

Menopause

Answer 25

Time of natural cessation of menstruation

Question 26

Moro reflex

Answer 26

Infant feels as if it is falling after loss of support

Question 27

Object permanence

Answer 27

Things still exist when out of sight

Question 28

Preoperational stage

Answer 28

Child uses language but doesn’t have concrete logic

Question 29

Puberty

Answer 29

Sexual maturation

Question 30

Rooting reflex

Answer 30

Infant smooth face towards what touch them to find nipple

Question 31

Schemas

Answer 31

Files we store info in

Question 32

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 32

Infant explore world in terms of senses

Question 33

Teratogens

Answer 33

Developmentally harmful agents in womb

Question 34

Zone of proximal development

Answer 34

Difference between what one can and can’t do

Question 35

Zygote

Answer 35

Fertilized egg up to two weeks