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| _______ Psychology deals with systematic, predictable changes in thinking and behavior over a lifespan |
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| ______-Sectional studies involve comparing people of different age at the same point of time (group of 20, 30 and 50 year olds tested today) |
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| ________ studies which involve tracking the behavior of a single cohort over a long period of time |
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| ______ is a group of people born during the same time period ( the 1960's or the Great Depression) |
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| _______-Sequential Study is where people of different ages are followed over a period of time. Looks at different age groups at same time over a period of time. |
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| Piaget Theory of Cognitive Development |
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| _____ theory of cognitive development describes how children's thinking (ability to solve problems) changes as they get over. |
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| according to Piaget, during the ____ stage, children think in terms only of what they can see |
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| ______ permanence is the understanding the ball is still there if you put a blanket over it , babies lack this concept |
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| ___-_______ stage (about 2-6 years) develop object permanence. |
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| when a child is ______, they think if they like ice cream, you will also |
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| Concrete Operational stage |
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| the ________ operational stage, fro ages 6-11, brain thinks logically, but only about things that are concrete (things they have had direct experience with) |
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| Formal Operational thinking |
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| _____ operational thinking, from 12 years and beyond, brain thinks abstractly , applying logical rules to things they have not seen before |
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| according to Piaget, ____ is the product of changes in children's understanding of the world they are in |
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| if a child sees the world in one way and sees something new that can not fit, they use a ____ to make it fit |
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| ______ involves understanding events In terms of your current scheme |
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| when a child has enough of these new experiences with disequilibrium, they will be forced to ________ (change the understanding of the way the world works) |
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| Erikson's Theory of psycho-social development |
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| _____ theory of psycho-social development relies on the idea that tension ( or disequilibrium) is needed for change |
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| according to Erikson, people go through a series of 8 stages in their life, each with its own _______ |
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