Human Development

Is an organized way of interacting with objects

• Assimilation

• Schema

• Accomodation

Develops language; can represent objects mentally by words and other symbols

• Concrete operational

• Preoperational

• Formal operational

According to Vygotsky, failure to master the task of any stage leaves unfortunate consequences that carry over to later stages.

• True

• False

A period of reassessing goals, setting new ones, and preparing for the rest of life.

• Midlife transition

• Stagnation

• Isolation

Erikson's fifth stage of human development

• Toddler

• Adolescent

• Young adult

Concerns with decisions about the future and the quest for self-understanding

• Identity achievement

• Diffusion

• Identity crisis

Adolescents try to find out who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life

• •Identity vs identity confusion

• Initiative vs guilt

• Autonomy vs shame and doubt

It occurs in the first year of life.

• Toddlerhood

• Infancy

• Early Childhood

The infant uses the mother as a base of exploration, cooing at her, showing her toys, and making eye contact with her.

• Securely attached

• Avoidant

• Anxious

A feeling of closeness toward another person.

• Foreclosure

• Moratotrium

• Attachment