Unit 7 Review

Authoritarian

coercive; too hard

Permissive

unrestraining; too soft

Negligent

uninvovled; too uncaring

Authoritative

confrontive; just right; creates independent child

Object Permanence

awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

Conservation

principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects

Egocentrism

preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view

Sensorimotor Stage

infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities

Social Development

children are hard-wired to desire social connectedness

Gender role

set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for males or females

Secure Attachment

demonstrated by infants who comfortably explore environment in presence of caregiver, show temporary distress when caregiver leaves, and find comfort in caregiver’s return

Nature vs. Nurture

debate over contribution that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

Gender Stereotypes

result of society’s norms and other environmental factors

Temperament

a person’s characteristics emotional reactivity and intensity

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by pregnant woman’s heavy drinking

Down Syndrome

condition of mild to severe intellectual disability an associated physical disorders caused by extra copy of chromosome 21

Sense of Identiy

normal for adolescence to change their appearance, friend groups, extracurricular activites in search of this

Enriched Environments

a healthy, nurturing, and loving home life can lead to increased brain development

Postlaunch honeymoon

often experienced by married couple after their last child has left the house after high school