AP Psychology: Lifespan Development flashcards

Question 1

Which Piagetian process fits new information that resembles what is already known into an existing schema?

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Assimilation

Question 2

Which Piagetian process changes a schema itself so that it can take in new information unlike what was known before?

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Accommodation

Question 3

What is the term for a mental model used to categorize and interpret information?

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Schema

Question 4

What is the understanding that an object keeps existing even when it is out of sight?

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Object permanence

Question 5

What is the understanding that something stays equal in size, volume, or number when its appearance changes but nothing is added or removed?

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Conservation

Question 6

What is the principle that an object can be changed and then returned to its original form or condition?

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Reversibility

Question 7

What is a preoperational child's difficulty in taking another person's perspective called?

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Egocentrism

Question 8

Which stage in Piaget's theory has children learning about the world through their senses and motor behavior?

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Sensorimotor stage

Question 9

Which stage in Piaget's theory has children using symbols and language but not yet grasping mental operations?

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Preoperational stage

Question 10

Which stage in Piaget's theory has children thinking logically about real, concrete events?

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Concrete operational stage

Question 11

Which final stage in Piaget's theory has children handling abstract ideas and hypothetical situations?

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Formal operational stage

Question 12

What is the term for a long-standing connection or bond with others?

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Attachment

Question 13

What is a parent's presence called when it gives an infant or toddler a sense of safety while exploring?

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Secure base

Question 14

In which attachment style does a child explore while using the parent as a secure base?

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Secure attachment

Question 15

In which attachment style is a child unresponsive to the parent, not using the parent as a secure base and not bothered when the parent leaves?

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Avoidant attachment

Question 16

Which attachment style has a child who acts clingy yet rejects the parent when the parent tries to interact?

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Resistant attachment

Question 17

Which attachment style is marked by odd behavior from the child when facing the parent?

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Disorganized attachment

Question 18

Which parenting style places high value on conformity and obedience, is often rigid, and shows little warmth?

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Authoritarian parenting style

Question 19

Which parenting style combines reasonable demands and consistent limits with warmth and listening to the child's point of view?

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Authoritative parenting style

Question 20

Which parenting style makes few demands and rarely uses punishment?

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Permissive parenting style

Question 21

Which parenting style is indifferent, sometimes called neglectful, ignoring the child's needs and making few demands?

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Uninvolved parenting style

Question 22

What is the term for innate traits that influence how a person thinks, behaves, and reacts to the environment?

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Temperament

Question 23

What is a biological, chemical, or physical agent that damages a developing embryo or fetus called?

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Teratogen

Question 24

What is the structure formed when a sperm and an egg merge at conception?

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Zygote

Question 25

What is the structure attached to the uterus that supplies nourishment and oxygen to the developing baby?

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Placenta

Question 26

What is the event in which an egg is fertilized by a sperm, forming a zygote?

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Conception

Question 27

In the nature-nurture debate, which side refers to genes and biology?

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Nature

Question 28

In the nature-nurture debate, which side refers to environment and culture?

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Nurture

Question 29

Which view holds that development is cumulative, gradually improving on existing skills?

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Continuous development

Question 30

Which view holds that development happens in unique stages that occur at specific times or ages?

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Discontinuous development

Question 31

Which period of development starts at puberty and lasts until early adulthood?

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Adolescence

Question 32

What process, proposed by Freud, has pleasure-seeking urges focusing on different erogenous zones as people move through life stages?

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Psychosexual development

Question 33

What process, proposed by Erikson, has social tasks mastered as people move through stages from infancy to adulthood?

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Psychosocial development

Question 34

What term names the approximate ages by which children reach particular normative events?

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Developmental milestones

Question 35

What is an inborn automatic response to a particular stimulation, present in all healthy babies, called?

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Newborn reflex

Question 36

What term describes using large muscle groups to control the arms and legs in big body movements?

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Gross motor skills

Question 37

What term names the skills of coordinating small actions with the muscles of the eyes, fingers and toes?

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Fine motor skills

Question 38

What is the ability to move the body and manipulate objects called?

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Motor skills

Question 39

What are the organs specifically needed for reproduction called?

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Primary sexual characteristics

Question 40

What term names the bodily signs of sexual maturation that are separate from the sex organs themselves?

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Secondary sexual characteristics

Question 41

What is the beginning of the menstrual period called?

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Menarche

Question 42

What is a male's first ejaculation called?

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Spermarche

Question 43

Which domain of development covers thinking, reasoning, memory, attention, language, learning and creativity?

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Cognitive development

Question 44

Which domain of development studies growth of the body and brain, sensory abilities, motor skills and health?

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Physical development

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