Term
|
Definition
average ages at which developmental milestones are reached
(G. Stanley Hall) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the gradual unfolding of a genetically programmed sequential pattern of change
(Arnold Gesell) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| test to compare an individual child's score to the average of other children their age |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| changes in the size, shape, and characteristics of the body |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| changes in thinking, memory, problem solving, and other intellecutal skills |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| change in variables that are associated with the relationship of an individual to others |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| change in variables that are associated with the relationship of an individual to others |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| change in variables that are associated with the relationship of an individual to others |
|
|
Term
| normative-age graded changes |
|
Definition
| changes common to every member of a species |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| prejudicial new of older adults that characterizes them in a negative ways |
|
|
Term
| normative history-graded changes |
|
Definition
| chages that occur in most members of a cohort as a result of factors at work during a specific, well-defined historical period |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| changes that resulf from unique unshared events |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| detailed description of a single culture or context |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| theories proposing that developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behavior |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Freud] part of personality that comprises a persons basic sexual and aggressive impulses |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Freud] thinking element of personality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Freud] part of personality for moral judgement |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Freud] 5 stages of personality development which children mature |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Erikson] 8 stages of personality development which inner insticts interact with outer cultural and social demands to shape personality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the view that defines development in terms of behavior changes caused by enviornmental influences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| [Vygotsky] complex forms of thinking have their origins in social interactions rather than in individual's private explorations |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| perspective on development that emphasizes genetically determined survival behaviors resumed to have evolved through natural selection |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| cells that unite at conception (ova or sperm) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| single cell created when sperma and ovum unite |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| single cell created when sperma and ovum unite |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| sex glands (ovaries/testes) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| growth that proceeds from the head downward |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| growth that proceeds from the middle of the body outward |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| process of synapse development |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| part of the brain that regulates attention |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reflexes, such as sucking that help newborns survive |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| controlled by primative parts of the brain that ususally disappear during the first year of life |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| intense bouts of crying totalling 3 or more hours a day |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| view that several factors interact to infuence development |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Sudden infant death syndrom - a phenomenon in which apparently healthy baby dies suddenly and unexpectedly |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| how well one can see details at a distance |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| smooth movements of the eye used to follow the track of a moving object |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a research method in which a researcher keeps track of how long a baby looks at each of two objects shown |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a decline in attention that occurs b/c a stumlus has become familiar |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| responding to a somewhat familiar stimulus as if it were new |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| formation of a single perception of a stimulus that is based on infor from 2 or more senses |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| theorist who claim that perceptual abilities are inborn |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| theorist who argue that perceptual abilities are learned |
|
|
