AP Psych: Unit 6 Developmental Psych 1st Half of Unit

Rats put into enriched chages with toys and other rats had....

Difficulty seeing another's perspective

Correct order?

Authoritative Parenting

Neural pathways decay if not used. This -use-it-or-lose-it process is known as

Object permanence = awareness that things continue to exist even though they are not perceived

Ainsworth found that children who formed ______ attachments explored freely & were sad when the caregiver left.

We learn our genders by observing & imitating and being rewarded and punished

Known for Parenting Styles (Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Neglectful)

a person's characteristic emotional reactivity & intensity.

Best Parenting Style according to research

Keeps developing until around age 25, enabling people to better control their impulses

What is the rooting reflex?

Accommodation = changing one’s schema’s to account for new information

An 18-month old typically recognizes herself in the mirror. This self-awareness contributes to...

Menarche = the first menstrual period

Studied secure & insecure attachment using the Strange Situation

According to Erickson, you develop your ____ from your group memberships

Longest prenatal stage

Decreasing responsiveness to repeated stimuli

Child understands conservation

children with a(n) _________ attachment tend to cling to a caregiver & often don't care if caregiver leaves or returns

an infant develops a fear of people other than those they are familiar with

According to Erikson’s theory, adolescents are most primarily concerned in a search for…

the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period early in life

primary sex characteristic; secondary sex characteristic

difficulty perceiving & expressing emotion & having rigid interests

Vygostsky was known for a cognitive theory which states children learn through

Studied social learning

Self-identification as being male, female, or a combination

In which stage of cognitive development do infants learn object permanence?

Stage where kids are Egocentric & Lack Understanding of Conservation

Levels of Moral Thinking (Preconventional, Conventional, Postconventional)

Assimilation

Cigarette smoke, alcohol, and cold viruses are all considered...

Correct order?

Studied attachment styles

expected behaviors of men and women

Vygotsky's term: what a child can do with and without help

Studied imprinting in ducks

Biologically based growth process (learning to walk, puberty)

Harlow’s experiments with substitute mothers made of wire demonstrated the importance of what aspect of nurturing?

Mental framework Piaget said we use to interpret our environment