Human Growth and Development

2. Piaget’s term for altering existing schemas to incorporate new information.
6. Kohlberg’s first level of moral reasoning, where behavior is driven by avoiding punishment.
7. Vygotsky’s term for the support given to children as they develop new skills.
9. Psychologist known for his theory of moral development.
12. The first stage in Piaget’s cognitive development, where infants learn through interaction with their environment.
15. The debate over whether human development is influenced more by genetics or environment is known as _______ v. nurture.
16. In Piaget’s preoperational stage, a child’s inability to see things from others’ perspectives.
17. Upon the completion of Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development, a child will develop this.
18. In Harry Harlow’s experiments, he found that this animal preferred a terry-cloth surrogate mother.
19. Freud’s stage where sexual feelings are dormant.

1. Maslow’s highest level of the hierarchy of needs is known as self-_____.
3. According to Sigmund Frued, this refers to the moralistic and idealistic portion of the personality.
4. The emotional bond between a child and caregiver, emphasized in Bowlby’s theory.
5. The acronym for Vygotsky’s term for the gap between what a child can do alone and what they can do with help.
8. Developer of the psychosocial stages of development.
10. Piaget's third stage where children begin thinking logically about concrete events is known as _______ operations.
11. Swiss psychologist known for his stages of cognitive development.
12. Attachment – A healthy form of attachment where a child feels safe and confident.
13. The last name of the theorist associated with imprinting.
14. Understanding that quantity doesn’t change despite changes in shape or appearance, according to Piaget.