Pop Flashcard- Developmental Psychology

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These are concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.

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Schema

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Taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas

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Assimilation

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He believed that the human mind develops through a series of stages. For him, our minds are always trying to make order out of what we take in through our senses.

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Jean Piaget

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Object permanence can be defined as:

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Objects continuing to exist even after they have left our perception.

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Kohlberg believed...

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There is a universal sequence to the development of morality and the stages begin earlier in childhood.

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What type of development do developmental psychologists study?

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physical, social, cognitive, all of the above

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Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development? preoperational; formal operations, concrete operations; sensorimotor, sensorimotor; preoperational; concrete operations; formal operations, concrete operations; sensorimotor; preoperational; formal operations, preoperational; concrete operations; sensorimotor; formal operations

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sensorimotor; preoperational; concrete operations; formal operations

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This is the chemical agent in the blood stream of the mother that could cause birth defects.

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Teratogens

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What makes a human baby 12 months old cling to her mother when he or she is frightened or hurt?

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attachment

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What stage am I?
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.

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Identity vs role confusion