Developmental Psychology Review

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.

• Raymund Catell

• Jean Piaget

• Erik Erikson

• Sigmund Freud

This takes place from birth to roughly age 2. In this stage, babies ―take in‖ the world through their senses and interactions.

• Sensorimotor stage

• Pre-operational stage

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

Refers to the process by which a child learns to interact with others around them.

• Physical Development

• Social Development

• Cognitive Development

• Spiritual Development

The field of psychology that studies physical, perceptual, cognitive, and psychosomatic changes across the life span is known as _______ psychology

• Clinical

• Developmental

• Social

• Biological

Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage in which success is achieved by having a secure social attachment with a caregiver is known as

• Intimacy v Isolation

• Identity v Confusion

• Trust v Mistrust

• Integrity v Despair

An infant’s response to turn and suck when touched on face is which reflex?

• Babinski

• Imprinting

• Rooting

• Attachment

Point in development in which a person will best learn a particular skill or behavior

• Attachment

• Imprinting

• Egocentricity

• Critical Period

Children of Authoritative Parents often grow up to be _______.

• Achievement Orientated

• Depressed

• Lazy

• Dependent on others

According to Piaget, people reach cognitive maturity during what stage? (the stage your currently in now)

• Pre conventional

• Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor

• Conventional

What is the Pre-Frontal Cortex Responsible for?

• Planning, Setting Priorities, Judgment, Impulse Control

• Judgment, Relationships, Nervous System, Planning

• Impulse control, Anger, Love, Emotions

• Talking,, Setting Priorities, Judgement, Planning