human development pt 5

Question 1

prenatal care

Answer 1

medical care during pregnancy that monitors the health of both the mother and the fetus

Question 2

preoperational stage

Answer 2

second stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development; from ages 2 to 7, children learn to use symbols and language but do not understand mental operations and often think illogically

Question 3

primary sexual characteristics

Answer 3

organs specifically needed for reproduction

Question 4

psychosexual development

Answer 4

a process in which pleasure-seeking urges focus on different erogenous zones of the body as humans move through five stages of life

Question 5

psychosocial development

Answer 5

a process in which social tasks are mastered as humans move through eight stages of life from infancy to adulthood

Question 6

resistant attachment

Answer 6

characterized by the child’s tendency to show clingy behavior and rejection of the parent when they attempt to interact with the child

Question 7

reversibility

Answer 7

principle that objects can be changed, but then returned back to their original form or condition

Question 8

schema

Answer 8

(plural = schemata) concept (mental model) that is used to help us categorize and interpret information

Question 9

secondary sexual characteristics

Answer 9

physical signs of sexual maturation that do not directly involve sex organs

Question 10

secure attachment

Answer 10

characterized by the child using the parent as a secure base from which to explore