Ch.10 Flashcards
Accommodation
Piagetian process of altering a belief to make it more compatible with experience
Adolesence
transition between childhood and adulthood commonly associated with the teenage years
assimilation
Piagetian process of absorbing new experience into the current knowledge structures
attachment
the strong emotional connection we share with those to whom we feel closest
average expectable environment
environment that provides children with basic needs for affection and discipline
blastocyst
ball of identical cells early in pregnancy that haven’t yet begun to take on any specific function in a body part
cognitive development
study of how children acquire the ability to learn, think, reason, communicate, and remember
Cohort effect
effect observed in a sample of participants that results from individuals in the sample of growing up at the same time
concrete operations stage
stage in Piaget’s theory characterized by the ability to perform mental operations on physical events only
contact comfort
positive emotions afforded by touch
conservation
Piagetian task requiring children to understand that despite a transformation in the physical presentation of an amount, the amount remains the same
cross-sectional design
research design that examines people of different ages at a single point in time
developmental psychology
study of how behavior and mental processes change over the life span
egocenturism
inability to see the world from others perspectives
embryo
-2-8 weeks of prenatal development
-limbs, facial features, major organs take form
emerging adulthood
period of life between the ages of 18-25 during which many aspects of emotional development, identity, and personality become solidified
empty-nest syndrome
alleged period of depression in mothers following the departure of their grown children from home
fetal alcohol syndrome
condition resulting from high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure, causing learning disabilities, delays in growth, facial malformations, and behavioral disorders