Matching Quiz Developmental Psych

Question 1

zygote

Answer 1

fertilized egg

Question 2

embryo

Answer 2

from 2 weeks to 2 months

Question 3

fetus

Answer 3

From 9 weeks after conception. May survive if born early.

Question 4

maturation

Answer 4

biological growth patterns relatively uninfluenced by experience

Question 5

sensorimotor stage

Answer 5

the first of Piaget’s cognitive states

Question 6

preoperational stage

Answer 6

Piaget’s 2nd stage. Cannot comprehend concrete logic.

Question 7

conservation

Answer 7

constancy of properties such as mass, number, and volume, despite changes in form

Question 8

theory of mind

Answer 8

people’s ideas about their own and others’ mental states

Question 9

concrete operational stage

Answer 9

Piagetian stage characterized by the ability to think logically

Question 10

formal operational stage

Answer 10

Piagetian stage characterized by hypothetical thought & awareness of consequences

Question 11

attachment

Answer 11

studied by the Harlows using monkeys and wire monkey mothers

Question 12

gender

Answer 12

cultural definitions of male and female

Question 13

gender role

Answer 13

sets of expected behaviors for males and females

Question 14

role

Answer 14

expectations for the behavior associated with a social position

Question 15

gender typing

Answer 15

acquiring a traditional masculine or feminine role

Question 15

identity

Answer 15

establishing this was what Erikson believed was the major task of adolescence

Question 15

gender identity

Answer 15

one’s sense of being male or female

Question 16

social identity

Answer 16

the part of our self-concept that comes from the groups to which we belong

Question 17

secondary sex characteristics

Answer 17

female breasts and hips, male body hair and voice quality, for example