Chapter Four Reading Notes Guide

"term" Developmental psychologist

Zygote

Embryo

Fetus

Teratogens

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Rooting reflex

Habituation

Brain development

Maturation

Motor development

Maturation and infant memory

Cognitive development

define and/or explain to level of comprehension

source

Schema

Assimilate

Accommodate

Jean Piaget

Cognition

Piaget’s sensorimotor stage Object permanence Piaget’s Preoperational stage

Conservation

Egocentrism

Theory of mind Piaget’s concrete operational stage Piaget’s formal operational stage

Stranger anxiety

Attachment

Critical period

Imprinting

Secure attachment

Insecure attachment

Basic trust

Parental neglect

Family disruption

Disruption of attachment

Day care affect on attachment

Self-concept

Child-rearing practices

Authoritarian

Permissive

Authoritative

Adolescence

Puberty

Primary sex characteristics

Secondary sex characteristics

Menarche

Frontal lobe development

Formal operations

Moral thinking

Preconvention al morality

Conventional morality

Postconvention al morality

Moral feeling

Moral action

Erik Erikson

Erikson’s trust v. mistrust stage Erikson’s Autonomy v. shame and doubt stage Erikson’s initiative v. guilt stage Erikson’s competence v. inferiority stage Erikson’s identity v. role confusion stage Erikson’s intimacy v. isolation stage Erikson’s generativity v. stagnation stage Erikson’s integrity v. despair stage

Identity

Intimacy

Parent influence

Peer influence

Characteristics of Adulthood

Menopause

Physical changes in later life

Dementia

Alzheimer’s disease

Aging and memory Aging and intelligence (3 phases) Cross-sectional study

Longitudinal study

Crystallized intelligence

Fluid intelligence

Social clock

Adulthood’s commitments Well-being across the life span Death and dying

Continuity and stages

Stability and change