Lifespan Development

Question 1

developmental psychology

Answer 1

study of continuity and change across the lifespan

Question 2

continuous development

Answer 2

smooth slope of progression

Question 3

discontinuous development

Answer 3

growth in discrete stages

Question 4

What are the stages of prenatal development?

Answer 4

1.) Germinal
2.) Embryonic
3.) Fetal

Question 5

Germinal stage

Answer 5

conception and mitosis

Question 6

Embryonic stage

Answer 6

• embryo implanted in lining of uterus
• placenta forms

Question 7

Infants learn to control their bodies from ____ to ____ and from ____ to ______.

Answer 7

head to feet
center to periphery

Question 8

cognitive development

Answer 8

emergence of the ability to think and understand

Question 9

Who created the stages of cognitive development?

Answer 9

Jean Piaget

Question 10

What are the stages of cognitive development?

Answer 10

1.) sensorimotor
2.) preoperational
3.) concrete operational
4.) formal operational

Question 11

sensorimotor stage

Answer 11

world experienced through sense and actions

Question 12

preoperational stage

Answer 12

preliminary understand of world

Question 13

concrete operational stage

Answer 13

various actions can transform concrete objects

Question 14

formal operational

Answer 14

abstract thinking develops

Question 15

issues with the sensorimotor stage

Answer 15

object permanence, stranger anxiety

Question 16

issues with the preoperational stage

Answer 16

• pretend play
• egocentrism
• language development

Question 17

issues with the concrete operational stage

Answer 17

• conservation
• mathematical transformations

Question 18

issues with the formal operational stage

Answer 18

• abstract logic
• moral reasoning

Question 19

theory of mind

Answer 19

idea that human behavior is guided by mental representations

Question 20

attachment

Answer 20

emotional bond that forms between newborns and their primary caregivers

Question 21

temperaments

Answer 21

characteristic patterns of emotional reactivity

Question 22

What do children ages 6-11 understand?

Answer 22

• concepts like the past, present, and future
• cause-and-effect relationships
• rules

Question 23

adolescence

Answer 23

period of development that begins at puberty and ends at emerging adulthood

Question 24

What actions do we see in adolescents and why?

Answer 24

risk-taking behaviors and emotional outbursts
frontal lobes are still developing

Question 25

What cognitive actions are teens able to carry out?

Answer 25

• abstract thinking
• considering multiple points of view
• imagine hypothetical situations
• debate ideas and opinions
• form new ideas
• question authority
• challenge established societal norms

Question 26

What are the 4 styles of parenting?

Answer 26

• authoritarian
• authoritative
• permissive
• uninvolved

Question 27

fluid intelligence

Answer 27

information processing abilities that tend to decrease over time

Question 28

crystallized intelligence

Answer 28

encompasses abilities that draw upon experience and knowledge