Key Terms From the Developmental Psychology Chapter

  1. ÒNatureÓ approach
  2. ÒNurtureÓ approach
  3. Heredity
  4. Genotype
  5. Phenotype
  6. XX and XY chromosome pairs and sex
  7. Double Y Syndrome
  8. Klinefelter's Syndrome
  9. Turner's Syndrome
  10. Prenatal environment - what is the uterus like for the fetus?
  11. Zygote
  12. Germinal Period
  13. Embryonic Period
  14. Fetal Period
  15. Teratogens - general effects during embryonic vs. fetal stages
  16. Effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine, German Measles
  17. Effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, fetal alcohol syndrome
  18. Newborn or Neonate
  19. Rooting, sucking, and grasping reflexes
  20. Neonate senses (vision, hearing, etc.)
  21. Temperament types: easy, difficult, slow to warm up, average
  22. Effects of separation from mother during infancy (wire mother monkey study)
  23. Secure attachment
  24. Avoidant Insecure Attachment
  25. Hyperactivated Attachment Strategy
  26. Anxious Insecure attachment
  27. Deactivated Attachment Strategy
  28. Research on daycare and attachment
  29. Sensorimotor Stage
  30. Schema
  31. Object permanence
  32. Preoperational Stage
  33. Egocentrism
  34. Animism
  35. Centration
  36. Conservation
  37. Concrete Operational Stage
  38. Formal Operational Stage
  39. Concrete and abstract thinking