Ch. 3,4,5 Developmental Psychology Flashcards
Infants know that an object exists even if it cannot be seen
Object Permanence
Principle that a given quantity doesn’t change when it’s appearance changes
Conservation
His research showed that intelligence doesn’t vary among children
Jean Piaget
Automatic movement patterns newborn infants have
Reflexes
Piaget’s term referring to a child’s attempt to understand something new by fitting it into an existing schema
Assimilation
Reaction among infants when the mother is absent
Separation Anxiety
If a young child is praised for their new abilities they will learn
Erik Erikson’s 8 Stages of Development theory
Believed in self-actualization
Abraham Maslow
Studied the collective unconscious
Carl Jung
Determined by genetics, culture, and traditional male/female behavior
Gender Identity
Belief that one’s functions in life is to help younger generations by passing on your acquired knowledge
Genderativity