Developmental Psychology- Chapter 10

Question 0

What is a Critical Period?

Answer 0

A window of opportunity, a point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior.

Question 1

What is developmental psychology?

Answer 1

The study of how people grow and change.

Question 2

Describe the language development in the brain.

Answer 2

• young children process language all over the brain.

- in 3-5 year olds, specialized areas form.

Question 3

Where is vocabulary processed in the brain?

Answer 3

Both left and right hemispheres.

Question 4

What is asynchronous?

Answer 4

Being out of synch developmentally.

Question 5

What are Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development?

Answer 5

1. ) Sensorimotor
2. ) Pre-operational
3. ) Concrete Operational
4. ) Formal Operational

Question 6

Describe the Sensorimotor Stage.

Answer 6

• Goes on through ages 0-2.
• Children start to learn coordination and perception with motor activity.
• Start the development of object permanence.

Question 7

What is Object Permanence?

Answer 7

Objects can still exist, even if they can’t be seen.

Question 8

Describe the Pre-operational Stage.

Answer 8

• Goes on through ages 2-7.

- Children only have 1 dimensional thinking.

Question 9

What are the 3 examples of one dimensional thinking that goes on in the Pre-operational Stage?

Answer 9

1. ) Egocentrism
2. ) Artificialism
3. ) Animism

Question 10

Describe Egocentrism.

Answer 10

Being self-centered

Question 11

Describe artificialism.

Answer 11

Objects are a line.

Question 12

Describe Animism.

Answer 12

People are responsible for nature.

EX: Thunder is Angels that are bowling

Question 13

What is the Law of Conservation?

Answer 13

Mass and volume remain the same even if the shape changes.

Question 14

Describe the Concrete Operational Stage.

Answer 14

• Goes on through ages 7-12
• Children start showing signs of adult thinking about specific objects.
• Abstract thinking doesn’t start taking place yet.

Question 15

Describe the Formal Operational Stage.

Answer 15

• Goes on through ages 12 and up.

- Children are now capable of abstract thinking

Question 16

What are Kohlbergs Stages of Moral Reasoning ?

Answer 16

1. ) Pre-Conventional
2. ) Conventional
3. ) Postconventional

Question 17

Describe the levels of the Pre-conventional Stage.

Answer 17

• Level 1: Avoiding punishment

- Level 2: Satisfying needs

Question 18

Describe the levels of the Conventional Stage.

Answer 18

• Level 1: Winning approval of others using conventional of right and wrong.
• Level 2: High regard for law and authority

Question 19

Describe the levels of the Post-conventional Stage.

Answer 19

• Level 1: Social order, judgement is now based on personal values.
• Level 2: Ethics are more universal, personal morality is in the conscience.