Development Psychology

4. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development which begins about age 12 and is characterized by the ability to think logically about abstract concepts
5. suggested that children are born with an innate need to form attachments.
7. demonstrated when infants seem to view their caregiver as a "secure base" for exploration, seeking closeness to him/her and being upset at separation.
8. theories tend to explain development in terms of a progression through life stages.
9. 1st stage in Erikson's model; infants must learn to view the world as a predictable
10. famous for his 8-stage model of psychosocial development; neo-Freudian
15. an emotional tie with another person; shown in infants by their seeking closeness with caregivers and displaying distress upon separation
16. stage of moral development in which children seek to avoid punishment
17. child development focus on how environmental interaction influences behavior

1. in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from 6/7 to 11/12) during which children gain the mental operations that allow them to think logically about real or "concrete" events
2. behaviors can also be learned through observation and modeling.
3. researcher who described attachment styles in infants as measured by the "strange situation" test
6. 7th stage in Erikson's model; in middle age
11. eight-stage theory of psychosocial development describes growth and change throughout life
12. believed that the conditioning and reinforcement process
13. theory of cognitive development to account for the steps and sequence of children's intellectual development.
14. suggested that the energy of the libido was focused on different erogenous zones at specific stages.