Developmental Psych ERQ

Question 1

adolescence

Answer 1

period between puberty and adulthood, usually between 11 and 19 years of age

Question 2

attachment

Answer 2

long lasting/strong bond between children and caregivers

Question 3

attachment is important for survival because it ___.

Answer 3

keeps infants cose to their mothers which is important for food, protection and comfort

Question 4

deprivation

Answer 4

lack of comfort, affection and stimuli in physically/socially that is necessary for development of individual

Question 5

gender identity

Answer 5

describes the gender a person identifies with; personal conception of oneself as male or female

Question 6

gender roles

Answer 6

sets of behaviors, rights and obligations of being males or female

Question 7

gender roles are a type of what?

Answer 7

schemas; they are mental guides for actions steering and individual towards a socially agreed construction gender expression

Question 8

identity

Answer 8

an individual’s mental representation of self; includes a sense of continuity and uniqueness

Question 9

there is also such thing as a ____ identity

Answer 9

social; people also have a social identity that is a consequence of their participation in various groups

Question 10

trauma

Answer 10

serious physical/mental injury or shock that may damage the psychological well-being of the child

Question 11

Evaluate theories of cognitive development

Answer 11

Piaget’s theory & Vygotsky’s sociocultural approach to cognitive development