Developmental Psychology - Theories of Developmental Psychology

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A branch of psychology that studies psychical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span:

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developmental psychology

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Occurs when we modify or change new information to fit into our schemas (what we already know):

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Assimilation

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The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived:

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object permanence

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In which stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development does conservation occur?

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Concrete Operational (6-12)

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Which is NOT included in Erikson's psychosocial development stages? Trust vs Mistrust, Intimacy vs Isolation, Industry vs Inferiority

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Nature vs Nurture

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Which stage of Kohlberg's moral development theory is concerned with punishment as a factor for moral decision making?

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preconventional

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Which psychologist wrote a theory for the psychosexual stages of development?

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Sigmund Freud

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The first stage of Piaget's theory, during which the child relies heavily on innate motor responses to stimuli

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Sensorimotor

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The second stage in Piaget's theory, makes by well-developed mental representation and the use of language

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Preoperational

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Biological growth processes that bring about orderly changes in behavior, thought, or physical growth, relatively unaffected by experience

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maturation