Developmental Flashcards
accommondation
modifying existing cog structure to adjust to reality demands
acoustic
pitch, tone, and volume
Activity theory
old age is fulfilling when remains active
Ainsworth’s attachment patterns
secure, avoidant, ambivalent, disorganized-disoriented
assimilation
incorporating new info into existing cog structures
Authoritarian parenting
controlling and require unquestioned obedience
Authoritative parenting
firm, fair, and reasonable
babinski reflex
spreading toes and twisting foot
Baumrind’s Parenting Patterns
authoritarian, permissive (indifferent/indulgent), authoritative
Bronfenbrenner’ ecological model
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem
Brown vs. Board of Education
Equal educational opportunities
Buckly admendment
federal law giving student over 18 and their parents the right to access school records
centrism
inabilty to focus on more than one aspect of problem at a time
chronosystem
role of the passage of time in the person’s life
Cognitive play stages
repetitive, constructive, imaginative, formal games with rules
critical period of development
if certain things don’t occur, unable to compensate
Decalage
unevenness in development in any area
deep dyslexia
mistakenly reads a given word as one with similar meaning
Down’s syndrome
three chromosomes on 21; metal retardation, broad skull, slanted eyes
echolalia
imitation of sounds without comprehension
Elkind’s adolescent thinking
personal fable, imaginary audience
embryonic period
2 wks until 8-12 wks
epigenesis
dev occur in a series of stages
Erikson’s psychosocial stages
hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, wisdom
exosystem
rel between two or more systems where one is indirect
fetal period
8-12 wks until birth
Gender-Schema theory
children use gender as a schema to organize their world
genotype
genetic makeup of a person - both expressed and unexpressed
germinal period
first 2 wks; zygote divides and implants itself onto uterus wall
Gilligan’s moral dev theory
Justice (men); Caring (women): individual survival, self-sacrifice, nonviolence
grasp reflex
making a firm fist
Griefing stages
numbness, yearning, disorganization & despair, resolution/reorganization
Harry Harlow
monkeys’ contact comfort
Health belief model
perceptions of vulnerablity and beliefs about illness influences health behavior
Hemophilia
excessive bleeding, mostly males