Vocab Quiz (10/21/13)

Question 0

Fluid intelligence

Answer 0

Ones ability to reason speedily and abstractly

Question 1

Fetus

Answer 1

Human organism from 9 weeks

Question 2

Formal operational stage

Answer 2

People begin to think about abstract concepts (Piaget)

Question 3

Foundational theories

Answer 3

Initial understanding formulated by children

Question 4

Gender

Answer 4

Define male & female

Question 5

Gender identity

Answer 5

Ones sense of being male or female

Question 6

Gender role

Answer 6

Expected behaviors for males and females

Question 7

Generativity

Answer 7

Commitment beyond ones self & ones partner

Question 8

Habituation

Answer 8

Decreasing responsiveness w/ repeated stimuli

Question 9

Identity

Answer 9

Ones sense of self

Question 10

Imprinting

Answer 10

Process by which animals form attachments

Question 11

Internalization

Answer 11

Children absorb knowledge form social context (Vygotsky)

Question 12

Intimacy

Answer 12

Ability to form close, loving relationships

Question 13

Language-Making capacity

Answer 13

Principles children bring to the task of learning a language

Question 14

Longitudinal design

Answer 14

Same participants are observed repeatedly

Question 15

Longitudinal study

Answer 15

Same people are testified & retested

Question 16

Maturation

Answer 16

Biological growth process

Question 17

Menarche

Answer 17

1st menstrual period

Question 18

Menopause

Answer 18

Natural cessation of menestruation

Question 19

Morality

Answer 19

A system of beliefs & values

Question 20

Nature-Nurture controversy

Answer 20

Debate concerning heredity & experience

Question 21

Normative investigations

Answer 21

Characteristics of age and stage

Question 22

Object permanence

Answer 22

Awareness that things continue to exist

Question 23

Overregularization

Answer 23

A grammatical error

Question 24

Parenting practices

Answer 24

Specific parenting behaviors