Chapter 17 - Conception-Adolescent Study Guide Flashcards
enables older children and adults to change direction in their thinking to return to the starting point
reversibility
use of a new object in the same way that more familiar objects are used
assimilation
form of learning based on reinforcement or punishment
operant conditioning
ability to recognize that objects remain the same even if they change in appearance
conservation
process of adjusting schemes in response to stimuli within the environment
adaption
ability to store information that was given attention for later recall
retention
changes the pattern of behavior when encountering new similar objects
accommodation
something still exists when it is out of sight
object permanence
focusing on only one aspect of an object
centration
ability to arrange things in a logical order
seriation
increase in height and weight of a child. Orderly, predictable pattern from head to tail (cepalocaudal) and in proximal to distal direction
growth
increasing maturation of physical ability, thought processes, and behaviors of a child
development
concept is whether development is predetermined at birth or whether the childs environment controls how development progresses. Current belief is a mixture of the two
nature vs. nurture
3 basic concepts of the personality: id, ego, and superego, stages of psychosexual development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
Freud
series of psychosocial crises that shape personality, 8 stages (Trust vs. mistrust through Integrity vs. Despair)
Erikson