Developmental Psychology: Lifespan Development Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

Jean Piaget {Ans: Swiss developmental psychologist who developed the stages of cognitive development}Imprinting {Ans: recognition of and attraction to members of one's own species or to surrogates}Diana Baumrind {Ans: leading researcher on parenting styles}Carol Gilligan {Ans: criticized Lawrence Kohlberg for being too male centered. She said he favored a principled way of reasoning that was more common to makes, such as justice, while the moral concerns of women focus on caring and compassion}Chromosome {Ans: the genetic master code for the body. It is made up of DNA}Accommodation {Ans: the process of adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to incorporate new information}Fetal Alcohol Syndrome {Ans: physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. Some characteristics include: disproportioned head, learning disabilities, emotional problems, etc}Puberty {Ans: the physical beginnings of sexual maturity}Primary Sex Characteristics {Ans: the organs needed for reproduction (ovaries in the female, testes in the male, and external genitalia)}Fetus {Ans: the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth}Lawrence Kohlberg {Ans: specialized in research on moral reasoning. He said people go through 3 stages of moral development (preconventional, conventional, and postconventional)}Differentiation