Developmental Flashcards
Questions about the extent to which maladaptive habits can be overcome are relevant to…
Stability or change
A child can’t remember anything in the first few months of life because…
The trauma of birth interfered with formation of new memories
Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
Schema
According to Piaget, assimilation involved…
Interpreting new experiences in terms of one’s current understanding
During which of Piaget’s states does one develop awareness of things that continue to exist even when not perceived?
Sensorimotor
Piaget thinks that children in the pre operational stage are able to…
Represent objects with words or images
Children’s ability to infer other people’s intentions and feelings is their…
Theory of mind
Which psychologist noted that children talking to themselves enables control of behaviors and emotions?
Lev Vygotsky
Piaget thinks children come to understand a volume remains constant despite change in shape in the…
Preoperational stage
Inhibited and fearful infants tend to become introverted adolescents. This best illustrates stability of…
Temperament
Consistent individual differences in behavior, biological
Temperament
Monkeys raised in total isolation…
Become very fearful or aggressive when brought into close contact with other monkeys their age
When infants were removed from foster mothers and placed in stable adoption homes…
They showed initial distress but no subsequent maladjustment at age 10
An awareness that children’s temperaments influence parents’ child rearing practices inhibits our…
Tendency to blame parents for our own dysfunctional characteristics
Children’s English accents are more likely to be influenced by their…
Peers rather than their parents
