Chapter 4

Question 1

developmental psychology examines our…?

Answer 1

physical, cognitive and social development across the lifespan

Question 2

the “we” aspect of our self cocnept

Answer 2

social identity

Question 3

period of sexual maturation , during which a person becomes capable of reproducing

Answer 3

puberty

Question 4

transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence

Answer 4

adolescence

Question 5

the developing brain enables…?

Answer 5

physical coordination

Question 6

all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

Answer 6

cognition

Question 7

this is the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month

Answer 7

embryo

Question 8

these are agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

Answer 8

teratogens

Question 9

he was a psychologist who raised monkey’s with 2 artifical mothers

Answer 9

Harry Harlow

Question 10

what is a zygote?

Answer 10

fertilized egg

Question 11

cultutrally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirements

Answer 11

social clock

Question 12

three parenting styles

Answer 12

authoritarian, permissive, authoratative

Question 13

in Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, this is the awareness that things continue to exist even when not percieved

Answer 13

object permanance

Question 14

concrete operational stage is where children gain the…?

Answer 14

mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events

Question 15

what is assimilation?

Answer 15

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

Question 16

sense of self

Answer 16

identity

Question 17

in Piaget’s preoperations stage, this is difficulty percieving things from another’s POV

Answer 17

egocentrism

Question 18

what is asd?

Answer 18

• autism spectrum disorder
• marked by significant deficencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors

Question 19

decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation is known as?

Answer 19

habituation

Question 20

what is a schema?

Answer 20

concept or framework that organizes and interprets info

Question 21

what is imprinting?

Answer 21

certain animals form strong attatchments during early life

Question 22

in Piagets formal operational stage, people begin to…?

Answer 22

think logically about abstarct concepts

Question 23

what is maturation?

Answer 23

biological growth process that enables orderly change in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

Question 24

Piaget’s 4 stages

Answer 24

Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operational, formal operational

Question 25

what is menopause?

Answer 25

natural cessation of menstraution