chp 2 test Flashcards
Piachet’s theory is called
4 stages of cognitive development
What is the first stage in Piagets theory?
Sensori-motor
object permanence
What is the second stage in Piagets theory
pre-operational
symbolic thinking
What is the third stage in Piagets theory
Concrete operational
conservation (awareness of same quantities in diff containers)
What is the fourth stage in Piagets theory
Formal operation
rationalization
Transition period between childhood and adulthood
adolescence
a time of storm and stress during which they worry intently about who they are
identity crisis
What is the importance of adolescence in the USA?
- looked upon as a time of preparation
- initiation into adulthood:
- 18 or 21 bday
- bat mitzvahs
List the stages women in the middle ages went through
career and or familiy
physical attractiveness vs. self-esteem
empty nest syndrome
depression
Who is a positive example of aging and why/
Jack Lalanne
still works out 2 hours a day is very strong and doesn’t let his age stop him
A process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve their selfesteem
rationalization
Desire to use one’s accumalated wisdom to guide future generations, both directly or indirectly
generativity
When you hang on to the past repeating past mistakes; Bitter about where life is going
stagnation
Wht is an unborn developing child, prior to becoming a fetus called?
embryo
Who studied male development
levinson
What stage is where adolescents begin to think for themselves
moral development
4th graders want to feel important, take critisicm to heart, what stage is this
industry vs. inferority
Teenagers, change in thinking, weigh pros and cons
rationalization
How many sperm race to fertilize one egg
2 million
How many cenetarians are there in the USA?
58,000
According to James dobson the most important time in adolescence is called..
the critical period
Who had a difficult childhood, wasn’t accepted by his peers for not looking jewish
Erikson
CHild prodigy, developed child development theorys, worked w/ parisian children
Piachet
Study of death and dying
Thanotology
Study of aging
gerentology
Give two exs where someone goes though 5 stages of grief (that are not death)
divorce
major illness
8 weeks in the egg is called
fetus
In the developing child after fertilization, the baby is called…
zygote
Erikson said if you’re a teen you go through this stage
identity v. role confusion
Erikson said if you’re a baby you go through this stage
trust v. mistrust
NAme 3 common teratogens
- drugs
- alcohol
- caffine
Someone older than 100 is called
cenetarian
what percentage of people older than 65 live in retirement homes
15%
what country does a great job respecting their elders
japan
5 stages of grief
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
If you’re a mature young adult, Erikson belived you’d go through this stage
intimacy v. isolation
When you’re middle aged you go through which stage, according to Erikson
Generativity v. stagnation
When you’re elderly you go through which stage, according to Erikson
integrity v. dispair
When you’re 2-3 you go through which stage, according to Erikson
autonomy v. doubt
When you’re 4-5 you go through which stage, according to Erikson
initiative v. guilt
What happens in physical development?
Puberty
Physical growth
More body hair & oils
What happens in moral development
Fair v just
Moral and ethical principles
Another viewpoint
What happens In cognitive development
Hypothetical thinking
Rationalization
Formal operational
Key word for men in mid-life
Security
the mid-life transition/ crisis in manhood
- 40/45
- like the identity crisis in teen years
- “my life is half way over am I happy?”
Give two positive exs of aging
The delaneys
Lalanne
Who worked w/ refugees frm concentration camps, got 25 honorary docterettes
Elisabeth kubler Ross
List two ways on how you can help someone that’s grieving?
Bring food
Be a shoulder to cry on (be sympathetic)
