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5970602395Middle Adulthood (40s to 60s)Generativity vs. stagnation0
5970667926StagnationRefers to the failure to find a way to contribute. These individuals may feel disconnected or uninvolved with their community and with society as a whole. Ex: An old man is all alone and has nothing to do but be by himself.1
5970588458Preschool(3-6yrs) Initiative vs Guilt2
5970604813IdentityTeens try different things out in order to find out who they are. Ex: May act one way at home but with friends they are a different person.3
5970671941GuiltFeeling that you have done wrong ex) A child stealing a toy but later feeling guilty about it.4
5970596742Formal Operational (Stage 4)Description: Abstract Reasoning Development: Abstract Thinking (Ages 12 and up) Example: A kid during this stage would laugh at a joke that requires abstract thinking.5
5970603852Sensorimotor (Birth to 2)Using five senses: touch, tasting. Developments: Stranger trust and object permanence. Example: Little ones playing peek-a-boo see how things disappear and appear again.6
5970675144Role ConfusionWhen a teen feels that they have not found their purpose in life. Ex: Alexander Crisostomo is starting to apply to colleges but he doesn't know what his major is going to be. He hasn't figured out his future yet.7
5970669232Postconventional moralitythird level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development in which the person's behavior is governed by moral principles that have been decided on by the individual and which may be in disagreement with accepted social norms8
5970629471GenerativityRefers to "making your mark". It is an extension of love into the future and being less selfish. Ex: Person is starting to think of starting a family, raising children, being productive at work, etc.9
5970623950InitiativeInitiate independent things ex) A toddler learning to drink from a sippy cup.10
5970596405AdolescenceIdentity vs. Role Confusion11
5970619972Preconventional moralityFirst level of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning in which control is external and rules are obeyed in order to gain rewards or avoid punishment or out of self-interest.12
5970630227Inferiorityis the conscious or unconscious feeling that one is not as good as others. EX: The student might feel insecure if everyone in the class gets proficient scores and he does not.13
5970628690Shame and doubtWhen a child doubts their ability. Ex:When a child has the need to use the restroom, but chooses to shy away because he/she is embarrassed.14
5970618175IntimacyIntimacy: is the experience of emotional closeness. It occurs when two people are able to be emotionally open with one another, and reveal their true feelings, thoughts, fears and desires. Ex. Being able to be open to a partner in a relationship without any struggle.15
5970627180Young Adult (20s to early 40s)Intimacy vs. Isolation16
5970645615IndustryChildren learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks. Ex. Children become mindful of the tasks that they do and learn the meaning of doing them.17
5970644718IsolationYoung adults struggle to form close relationships and failure to do so makes them feel isolated (alone). Ex: Having many friends but none which remembered your birthday.18
5970630916Elementary SchoolIndustry Vs. Inferiority19
5970666606DespairThe complete loss or absence of hope during the end of your life.20
5970658196Trustan issue in the infancy stage Ex. When a one year old, doesn't cry when the mother carries him/her.21
5970633783MistrustThe child expresses mistrust to people who they don't interact with everyday. Ex. Johnny cried when I passed him to my husband who's been away for months in the military.22
5970602606Concrete Operational (Piaget's 3rd Stage)in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events. Ex: Children now understand mass and volume23
5970665407AutonomyToddler learns to exercise their will and do things for themselves Ex. I can tie my shoe.24
5970661433IntegrityThe quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.25
5970714260Preoperational (2 to 6 or 7 years)Images, Drawings, and Coloring used as a way of Communication. *Egocentric *Pretend Play Ex: Toddlers learning their alphabet with shapes and songs26
5970716607Late Adulthood (Late 60's and up)Integrity vs. Despair27
5970651524ToddlerhoodAutonomy vs. shame and doubt28
5970762852Conventional Morality (Early Adolescence)morality that focuses on caring for other people and upholding laws and social rules Ex. Becoming a cop and following the laws rules29
5989403300Midlife TransitionEntering their forties people go through a crisis, a time of great struggle, regret, or even feeling struck down by life. Ex: An early-forties man who forsakes his family for a younger girlfriend and a hot sports car.30
5989421222DivorceMost common among those in their twenties, suicide among those in their seventies and eighties.31
5989385288Fetusan unborn offspring of a mammal, in particular an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception.32
5989385787Teratogensan agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo.33
5989387170Imprintingwhen animals form attachments in their early life34
5989394046PubertyDevelopmental stage at which a person becomes capable of reproduction.35
5989424977menopauseCessation of menstrual periods owing to a lack of ovarian hormones36
5989419778Chance Eventslasting significance because they often deflect us down one road rather than another. Example: "winning the lottery was a happy accident"37
5989412572Secondary sex characteristicsa sex-differentiating characteristic that doesn't relate directly to reproduction, such as breast enlargement in women and deepening voices in men38
5989397265Primary sex characteristicsthe body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible39
5989387035Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking40
5989431610Prenatal DevelopmentThe process of growth and development within the womb, in which a single-cell zygote (the cell formed by the combination of a sperm and an egg) becomes an embryo, a fetus, and then a baby.41
5989423166Cohort SequentialA research method in which a cross-section of the population is chosen and then each cohort is followed for a short period of time. Much less susceptible to bias, therefore yields more accurate data than a cross sectional study.42
5989399270Formal OperationalAges 12- Adulthood Abstract reasoning -Abstract logic -Potential for mature moral reasoning43
5989405592Object PermanenceThe awareness that things still exist even when they are not perceived. Ex: if you place a toy under a blanket, the child who has achieved object permanence knows it is there.44
5989414366RootingNeonates response of turning his or her head when touched45
5989411671Neonatesa newborn child or mammal (less then 4 weeks old)46
5989384904Developmental psychologyexamines how people are continually developing- physically, cognitively, and socially- from infancy through old age.47
5989389803Sensorimotor StageThe first Piaget stage, its when Infants use the there five senses in order to learn. Ex: hearing, looking, touching, mouthing, gasping48
5989416671Cognitionall the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.49
5989408597Self-conceptunderstanding who we are our thoughts and feelings define your "self"50
5989430162Adolescencetransition period from childhood to adulthood puberty to independence51
5989392246Social Clockaka "The right time" for marriage, parenthood, and retirement. It is different from culture to culture.52
5989392247Emerging Adulthood53
5989409133MaturationBiology growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.54
5989388639Concrete OperationalAges 7-11 Thinking logically about concrete event; grasping concrete analogies and preforming arithmetical operations. -Conservation -Mathematical Transformations55
5989436952continuity versus discontinuityquestion whether development is gradual, or sequence of distinct stages56
5989441845Longitudinalstudy that follows the same group of people over a period of time57
5989392747Primary Sex CharacteristicsMen and women both have have hair on our heads, our face, etc. However, primary sex characteristics are body structures that are specific to sex. Females have ovaries whereas men have testes. ex: Sex58
5989390766Schemasconcepts or mental molds into we we pour our experiences ex. By adulthood we have built countless schemas, such as cats and dogs to our concept of love.59
5989387502Pre-OperationalAge Range : 2 - 6 or 7 years old. Description: Representing things with words and images; using intuitive rather than logical reasoning. Developmental Phenomena: Pretend Play and Egocentrism.60
5989424338Stability Versus Changeissue of whether or not personality traits present during infancy endure through the life span.61
5989388809Pubertywhen a child's body begins to develop and change as they become an adult. Girls develop breasts and start their periods, and boys develop a deeper voice and start to look like men. ex: jimmy started getting a beard at 1662
5989407482AnimismThe belief that objects have feelings, thoughts, and have the mental characteristics and qualities of living things. Example: Children caring for their toys such as hugging them, putting them clothes, fear if they are left outside in the cold, etc.63
5989414505Stranger Anxietyfear of unfamiliar people. Happens around 8 months old.64
5989413622menarcheIs the first menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding, in female humans. From both social and medical perspectives, it is often considered the central event of female puberty, as it signals the possibility of fertility. Ex: Yoda one65
5989393348AuthoritarianStrict parents. They want their child to follow exactly as they say.66
5989401553assimilationnew experiences we interpret them in terms of our understanding ex. For cow, a toddler may call it a four-legged animal.67
5989409282GenderThe state of being male or female68
5989394129PermissiveThese parents let their kids do whatever they want. Ex: You can go out until 4 am.69
5989394130Temperament70
5989393359AuthoritativeMake rules but they explain them to their kids.71
5989411926accommodateadapting our schemas to incorporate new information72
5989431889Gender role stereotypesare broad categories that reflect our impressions and beliefs about male and females73
5989410148Maturationbiological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience74
5989393006Habituationlearning process wherein there is a decrease in response to a stimulus after being repeatedly exposed to it.75
5989395335Basic Trustthe world is predictable and trustworthy; formed during infancy because of experiences with caregivers76
5989403963Secondary sex characteristicsSSC: These are the physical features other than reproductive orgrans that distinguish men from women. Unlike primary sex characteristics which are the main sex-specific reproductive organs, testicals, and breast. ex; Harold has a lot of facial hair and Samantha got her period.77
5989403368Nature versus nurture controversyA debate surrounding the relative importance of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture) in determining behavior78
5989385644Embryoan unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization79
5989418312Androgynythe presence of desirable masculine and feminine characteristics in the same individual80
5989396488Biological PerspectiveA way of looking at psychological topics by studying the physical basis for animal and human behavior81
5989398315Self-awarenessConsciousness of oneself as a person.82
5989421131Identitydescribe personal identity, or the idiosyncratic things that make a person unique. Meanwhile, sociologists often use the term to describe social identity, or the collection of group memberships that define the individual. ex; FBI agent identify the criminal83
5989398360Social ReferencingObserving the behavior consciousness of others in social situations to obtain information or guidance.84
5989410318Egocentricpreschoolers having trouble of perceiving things from another point of view85
5989403959Secure Attachment86
5989413250Evolutionary Perspectivebehavioral tendencies prepare us to survive and reproduce87
5989403960Insecure Attachment88
5989402913AttachmentThe formation of an infant's close emotional relationship to their mother.89
5989431665Gender RolesThe role or behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms90
5989384905Zygotea diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.91
5989435127social identitythe "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "who am i" that comes from our group memberships.92

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