Human Development - Chapter 8 Flashcards
Child attachement
refers to degree which infant feels emotional connection to primary caregivers.
What are the physical and cognitive development in adolescence?
adolescence, puberty, primary sex characteristic, secondary sex characteristic.
What is adolescence?
The transition period between late childhood and early adulthood.
What is puberty?
The period of development during which the body changes and becomes sexually mature and capable of reproduction.
What is primary sex characteristic?
Organs associated with reproduction, scrotum, and testes.
What is secondary sex characteristic?
The development of public, underarm, and body hair in boys and girls along with a variety of other gender-specific bodily changes not associated with reproduction.
Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
preconventional moral reasoning, conventional moral reasoning, and postconventional moral reasoning.
Postconventional moral reasoning level
Stage 6: Universal ethical principle orientation - Moral behavior guided by universal principles of justice and equality.
Stage 5: Social contract, legalistic orientation - Moral behavior determined by societal laws, which adapt to meet needs of society.
Conventional moral level
Stage 4: Law and order orientation
Stage 3: Interpersonal concordance orientation
Stage 4 - moral behavior determined by strict adherence to societal laws.
Stage 3 - Moral behavior determined by approval of others.
Preconventional moral level
Stage 2: Instrumental-relativist orientation
Stage 1: Punishment and obedience orientation
Stage 2: Moral behavior determined by what is received in exchange.
Stage 1: Moral behavior determined by what is punished.
Temperament
Characteristic differences in behavioral patterns and emotional reactions.
