ch.5- Developing Through the Life Span Flashcards
zygote
the fertilized egg; it enters 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
embryo
the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month
fetus
the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth
habituation
as infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner
schema
a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
assimilation
interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas
accommodation
adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
sensorimotor stage
0-2 years during which infants know the world in terms of sensory impressions and motor activities
object permanence
the aware ness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
preoperational stage
2-6/7 years during which a child learns to use language but doesn’t comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
egocentrism
failure to see another’s point of view
theory of mind
people’s ideas about their own and other’s mental states-about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts,a nd the behaviors these might predict
concrete operational stage
6/7-11 years; mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
formal operational stage
12 years; think logically about abstract concepts
trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs.shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair
erikson’s stages of development in order
