Unit 6 Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adult, old age

Question 1

What is Coach Brackett’s wife’s name?

Answer 1

Rachel

Question 2

The specialized study of how an individual’s physical, social, emotional, moral, and intellectual development occur in sequential interrelated stages throughout the life cycle

Answer 2

Developmental psychology

Question 3

And infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand

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Grasping reflex

Question 4

The first menstrual period

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Menarche

Question 5

Period during which males achieve first ejaculation

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Spermarche

Question 6

The condition during adolescence in which the growth or maturation of bodily parts is uneven

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Asynchrony

Question 7

A process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve his or herself esteem

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Rationalization

Question 8

A period of inner conflict during which adolescents worry intensely about who they are

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Identity Crisis

Question 9

Ban duras view of human development; emphasizes interaction

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Social Learning Theory

Question 10

A small, exclusive group of people within a larger group

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Clique

Question 11

Acting in accordance with some specificied authority

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Conformity

Question 12

A serious eating disorder characterized by a fear of gaining weight that results in prolonged self starvation and dramatic weight loss

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Anorexia Nervosa

Question 13

A serious eating disorder characterized by compulsive overheating usually followed by self induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives

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Bulimia Nervosa

Question 14

The sex group to which an individual biologically belongs

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Gender identity

Question 15

The set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex

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Gender role

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An oversimplified or distorted generalization about the characteristics of men and women

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Gender stereotypes

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Combining or blending traditionally male and female characteristics

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Androgynous

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An infants response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth.

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Rooting reflex

Question 19

The internally programmed growth of a child

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Maturation

Question 20

The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear.

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Telegraphic speech

Question 21

A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world

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Schema

Question 22

The process of fitting object and experiences into one’s schemas

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Assimilation

Question 23

The adjustment of one’s schemas to include newly observed events and experiences

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Accommodation

Question 24

A child’s realization that and object exists even when he or she can not see or touch it

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Object permanence

Question 25

The intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind

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Representational thought

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The principle that a given quantity does not change when it's appearance is changed

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Conservation

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A young child's inability to understand another persons perspective.

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Egocentric

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Inherited tendencies or responses that are displayed by newborn animals when they encounter new stimuli in their environment

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Imprinting

Question 29

A specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned

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Critical period

Question 30

Parents attempt to control, shape, and evaluate the behavior and attitudes of children in adolescents with a set code of conduct

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Authoritarian family

Question 31

Children and adolescence participate in decisions affecting their lives

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Democratic/authoritative family

Question 32

Children and adolescence have the final say; parents are less controlling and have a non punishing, accepting attitude toward children

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Permissive/laissez-faire family

Question 33

The process of learning the rules of behavior of the culture within which an individual is born and will live

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Socialization

Question 34

The process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same-sex parent

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Identification

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The process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks

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Sublimation

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Children's play that involves assuming adult roles, thus enabling the child to experience different points of view

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Role taking

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Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position

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Initiation Rites

Question 38

Sexual maturation; the end of childhood and the point where production is first possible

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Puberty

Question 39

What is the biological event in which a woman's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced?

Answer 39

Menopause

Question 40

What is the desire in middle age to use ones accumulated wisdom to guide future generations?

Answer 40

Generativity

Question 41

What is a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past, characteristic of some middle aged people?

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Stagnation

Question 42

What is a theory that holds that progressive physical and mental decline is inevitable with age?

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Decremental model of aging

Question 43

What is prejudice or discrimination based on age especially against the elderly?

Answer 43

Ageism

Question 44

What is a collective term to describe decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people after the age of 65?

Answer 44

Senile dementia

Question 45

What is currently an irreversible, incurable condition that destroys a persons ability to think, remember, relate to others and care for herself or himself?

Answer 45

Alzheimer's disease

Question 46

What is the study of dying and death?

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Thanatology

Question 47

What is a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying?

Answer 47

Hospice

Question 48

A set of behaviors organized around how either a male or female should think and behave

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Gender Schema