Chapter 2 Flashcards
Telegraphic speech
The kind of verbal utterances offered by young children which articles, prepositions, and parts of herbs are left out, but the meaning is usually clear
Schema
An ideal or mental framework a person uses to organize and interpret information to make sense of the world
Assimilation
The process of fitting objects and experiences into ones schemas to deal with new situations and to understand the environment
Accommodation
The process by which a person changes his or her old methods or schemas to adjust or deal with new situations
Object permanence
A child’s realization that an object exist when he or she cannot see hear, see, or touch
Socialization
The process of learning the rules of behavior of the culture with in which individual is born and will live
Role taking
An important aspect of children’s play that involves assuming adult roles, thus enabling the child to experience different points of view firsthand
Sublimation
The process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks; redirecting a forbidden desire into a socially acceptable desire
Identity crisis
A period of inner conflict during which adolescents worry intensely about who they are
Social learning theory
The theory that individuals develop by interacting with others
Clique
A small exclusive group of people within a larger group
Anorexia nervosa
A serious eating disorder where the fear of gaining weight results in prolonged self starvation and dramatic weight loss
Bulimia nervosa
A serious eating disorder characterized by compulsive over eating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives
Gender role
The sex group with which an individual feels identification; the set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex
Gender stereotype
Oversimplified or distorted generalization about the characteristic of men
Androgynous
Combining or blending traditionally male and female characteristics
Menopause
The biological even in which a woman’s production of sex hormones a sharply reduced
Generativity
The desiring middle age to use ones accumulated wisdom to guide future generations
Stagnation
A discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past, characteristic of some middle-aged people
Decremental model of aging
A theory that holds that progressive physical and mental decline is inevitable with age
Ageism
Prejudice or discrimination based on age especially against the elderly
Senile dementia
A collective term to describe decreasing in mental abilities experienced by some people after the age of 65
Alzheimer’s disease
Currently an irreversible, incurable condition that destroys a persons ability to think, remember, relate to others and care for herself or himself
Hospice
A type of care for terminally ill patients; The organization that provides such care
