Unit 9

Question 1

maturation

Answer 1

biological growth that enables orderly changes in behavior

Question 2

schema

Answer 2

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

Question 3

assimilation

Answer 3

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

Question 4

sensorimotor stage

Answer 4

ages 0-2….do not have object permanence

Question 5

object permanence

Answer 5

the awareness that things exist even when you cannot see them

Question 6

preoperational stage

Answer 6

ages 2-7. the child begins to use language to represent ideas, but cannot see the world through someone elses eyes

Question 7

conservation

Answer 7

the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects (the kid with 2 cups)

Question 8

egocentrism

Answer 8

holding up a picture to a phone assuming the other person can see it

Question 9

theory of mind

Answer 9

peoples ideas about their own and others mental states

Question 10

concrete operational stage

Answer 10

can demonstrate concept of conservation. learn to think logically, based on things you have experienced

Question 11

formal operation stage

Answer 11

abstract reasoning, can manipulate objects in our minds without seeing them, Not everyone gets here

Question 12

autism spectrum disorder

Answer 12

a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction

Question 13

stranger anxiety

Answer 13

the fear that children have when a stranger enters a room

Question 14

attachment

Answer 14

an emotional tie that children have with another person

Question 15

critical period

Answer 15

the period early in an organisms life when it realizes who its mother is

Question 16

imprinting

Answer 16

the process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early-life critical period

Question 17

temperament

Answer 17

a persons emotional reactivity and intensity

Question 18

basic trust

Answer 18

a sense that the world s predictable and trustworthy

Question 19

self-concept

Answer 19

all the thoughts and feelings about oneself

Question 20

aggression

Answer 20

behavior intended to destroy

Question 21

gender role

Answer 21

a set of expected behaviors for males or for females

Question 22

role

Answer 22

a set of expectations about a social position

Question 23

gender identity

Answer 23

sense of being male or female

Question 24

social learning theory

Answer 24

the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating by being rewarded and punished

Question 25

gender typing

Answer 25

the acquisions of traditional masculine or feminine role

Question 26

identity

Answer 26

our sense of ourself

Question 27

social identity

Answer 27

who am I? to other people

Question 28

intimacy

Answer 28

the ability to form close loving relationships

Question 29

emerging adulthood

Answer 29

the gap from childhood to adulthood