Chapter 4 Development Through the Life Span Flashcards
nature/nurture
how do genetic inheritance and experience influence our behavior?
continuity/stages
is developmental a gradual process or a sequence of separate stages?
stability/change
do our early personality traits persist through life or do we change while we age
conception
sperm penetrates egg
zygote
fertilized egg
fetus
week 9
tevatogens
drugs, viruses that can harm the developing fetus
if mother smokes
body experience reduced blood oxygen, nicotine, and fewer nutrients
alcohol usage while pregnant
fetal alcohol syndrome: physical and cognitive abnormalities in the developing child
rooting reflex
when newborn’s cheek is stroked, they open their mouth and search for the nipple
infants have habituation
decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus that is repeatedly present
maturation
sets the basic course of development, while experience adjusts it
order of maturation is
the same in all infants (unaffected by experience)
5 year old
sense of self and increased long term memory
Jean Piaget
cognitive development
schemas
mental concepts or frameworks
assimilation
interpreting a new experience in terms of an existing schema
accommodation
changing a schema to incorporate new information
sensorimotor
infants gain knowledge of the world through senses and motor activities
development psychology
physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
Jean Piaget
cognitive development and stages (sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational)
cognition
mental processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering
schemas
mental concepts
assimilation
interpreting a new experience
accommodation
changing a schema to incorporate new information
sensorimotor stage
(birth - 2 years) infants gain knowledge through senses and motor activities, do not grasp object permanence
in the sensorimotor stage
infants can understand basic laws of physics and can count
