Unit 7 - Vocab. #2 Flashcards
The infant’s need for physical closeness and touching
Contact Comfort
The socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities associated with being male or female
Gender
A person’s deeply held, internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex they were assigned at birth
Gender Identity
A rapid learning process where a young animal forms a strong attachment to the first moving object it encounters during a critical period shortly after birth, usually its parent, which significantly influences its future behavior and species identification
Imprinting
The natural biological process where a woman’s menstrual cycle permanently ends
Menopause
Puberty
Androgyny
Zone of Proximal Development
A fertilized egg cell that has a diploid set of chromosomes
Zygote
Preconventional Morality
Conventional Morality
Postconventional Morality
Trust vs. Mistrust
Autonomy vs. Shame
Initiation vs. guilt
Being productive upon receiving an evaluation of one’s work V. becoming discouraged, feeling inferior, or incompetent upon receiving an evaluation of one’s work
Industry vs. Inferiority
Question of “Who am I,” during which time they are conflicted with dozens of values and ideas of who they should be and what they should think
Indenitity vs. Role Confusion
The ability to be able to open up romantically and emotionally to those closest to the individual V. inability to form close relationships
Intimacy vs. isolation
Making a positive impact and contributing to the world V. being stuck
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Strives to accept the value of her life experience; coming to terms with ones life
Ego-Integrity vs. Despair
