AP Psychology Development Part 1

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

Framework that offers children temporary support as they develop higher levels of thinking

Piaget's stage of development from age 2-6 when a child learns language but doesn't understand concrete logic

Branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change through the lifespan

Agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and harm him/her (ex. alcohol, drugs)

Piaget's theory of development from age 12 and up when people begin to think logically about abstract concepts

A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity

Physical/cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking of alcohol

Developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

Principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in forms of objects

Awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

The preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view according to Piaget

Child is placed in an unfamiliar environment and caregiver leaves; child's reactions are observed

A fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of cell division before becoming an embryo

Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves in response to the question "Who am I?"

Optimal period early in life when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior

People's ideas about their own and other's mental states- feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and predictable behaviors

Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. Infants become used to their environment

Process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early life

Infants who explore, have temporary distress when their caregiver leaves, and are happy when they return

A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; formed in infancy by appropriate experiences with caregivers

Developing human organism from about two weeks after fertilization through the 2nd month

Infants who display a clingy, anxious attachment or an avoidant attachment

Piaget's stage of development from newborn-age 2; infants/toddlers know the world through sensory experiences

Fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by 8 months of age

Piaget's theory of development from ages 7-11 when children begin to think logically and concretely