Unit 5 AP Psych Vocab Quiz

Maturation

Maturation

Biological growth process that enables orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

Assimilation

Interpreting one’s new experience in terms of one’s existing schemas

Schema

A concept that organizes and interprets information

Accommodation

Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information

Theory of mind

Ability to reasons about what other people know or believe

Autism Spectrum disorder

Disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors

Attachment

An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation

Critical period

A specific time in development when certain skills are most easily learned

Imprinting

The process by which certain animals form strong attachment during an early like critical period

Temperament

Basic emotional style that appears early development and is largely genetic in origin

Gender roles

A set of expected behaviors for males or for females

Basic trust

According to Erik Erickson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy. Formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers

Gender identity

A persons psychological sense of being male or female

Adolescence

The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from PUBERTY to INDEPENDENCE

Social identity

The part of the self-concept including one’s view of self as a member of a particular social category

Social clock

The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood and retirement