commas i.e.

1,5,23,90)
Term 1

The central developmental task of middle

childhood

Definition 1

self competence
Definition 2

Term 2

Kohlbergs Mortality stages

Term 3

The primary context for developmental challenges

and opportunities in middle childhood

Level 1 Preconventional
Level 2 Conventional
Level 3 Postconventional
Definition 3

school

Definition 4
Term 4

Institutional discrimanation
Term 5

ADHD is more commonly diagnosed in girls or

boys

the systematic denial of access to assets,

economic opportunites, associations, and
organizations based on minority status
Definition 5

boys
Definition 6

Term 6

What the individuals with disabilites act assures

IDEA assures all children the right to a free and

appropriate public education and supports the
placement of children with disabilites into
integrated settings

Term 7

Youth suice and different populations

Term 8

Primary sex characteristics

Definition 7

30% of all teen suicides are carried out by gay and

lesbian youth
Definition 8

those directly related to the reproductive organ and

external genetalia
Definition 9

Term 9

Secondary sex characteristics

those that are not directly related to the

reproductive organs and external genetalia.
(enlarged breasts and hips for girls, facial hair and
deeper voice for boys)

Definition 10
Term 10

Identify development in adolescence including the

terms foreclosure and moratorium

James Marcia proposed that adolescence vary in

how easily they go about developinhg personal
identity 4 styles but two are
Foreclosure- the commitment made to roles and
values without expectation
Moratorium- exploration if roles and values without
commintment
Definition 11

Term 11

Individuationn and adolescence development

the development of a self or identity that is unique

and separate (who am I or how am i different from
my siblings?)
Definition 12

Term 12

Separation from parents has 4 components

1. Functional independence
2. Attitudinal independence
3. emotional independence
4. conflictual independence

Definition 13
Term 13

Rite of passage
Term 14

Curanderismo
Term 15

The age gay men and lesbian adults report the

onset of homosexual arousal romantic attachment

ceremonies that demarcrate the transition from

childhood to adulthood
(quincenara)
Definition 14

a philosphy of holistic folk medicine used by some

Hispanic/Latino families
Definition 15

Prior to age 15

Term 16

Definition 16

Erik Eriksons cognitve devlopment for adolescence

Identity vs role confusion

Term 17

Definition 17

Erik Erikson view on young adulthood

intimacy vs isolation
Definition 18

Term 18

concept of emerging adulthood

distinguished developmental scholars have

proposed a stage that is distinct from both
adolescence and young adulthood and occurs
between these two stages

Term 19

Definition 19

how grief is expressed in China and other Eastern

societies

it is more often somatized or expressed in terms of

physical pain and other physical discomfort

Term 20

Daniel Levinson developed this concept which he

described as the outcome resulting from specific
decisions made along the life course

Definition 20

Life structure

Definition 21
Term 21

James Marcias four processes of identity formation

Diffused (no exploration; no commitment)

Foreclosed (no exploration;no commitment)
Moratorium (exploration; no commitment)
Achievement (Exploration; commitment)

Term 22

Eriksons cognitive development for middle

adulthood
Term 23

what % of older adults who need long term care

receive that care in the community
Term 24

Instrumental aggression

Definition 22

Generativity vs stagnation
Definition 23

38.8% approximately 1.4 of all deaths in the US

receive hospice services. 4 or 5 hospice patients
are 65 or older and about 37% are 85 or older
Definition 24

the form of early childhood aggression that is

motivated by a wish to aquire something

Term 25

The last of the five senses a dying person loses is

Definition 25

hearing
Definition 26

Term 26

Life course perspective

the view that each persons life has a unique

trajectory based on his/her own unique personenviornment configurations over time
Definition 27

Term 27

most important aspect of the preoperational stage

of cognitive development

the child remains primarily egocentric but

discovers rules that can be applied to new
incoming information. the child tends to
overgenaralize rules and thus makes many
cognitive errors
children can remember (recall) the sequence of the
pictures in the movied
develop symbolic functioning

Term 28

At this stage of psychosocial development children

get satisfaction from completing tasks learning
about family roles developing imagination and
engaging in cooperative play
Term 29

Definition 28

Initiative vs. guilt

Definition 29

Middle childhood ages 6-12 is referred to by

Erikson as the stage

Industry vs inferiority

Term 30

Definition 30

Term 31

one of the few elements in the development of

young children that is universal regardless of
culture and is thought to be necessary to their
development

Definition 31

play
Definition 32

Term 32

Resilience

healthy growth and development despite the

prescence of risk factors and protective factors are
present to help shielkd the person from the
consequence of potential hazards
Definition 33

Term 33

Types of parenting

Authoritarian- parents who use this type of

parenting are rigid and controlling
Authoritative- parents are more flexible
Permissive-parents rules are unclear and children
are left to make their own decisions

Definition 34
Term 34

According to Jung what happens to men and

women in middle adulthood

Extroversion-orientation to the external world

Introversion- orientation to the internal world
Being able to find balance in their lives in some
ways
Definition 35

Term 35

Numerical ability and perceptual speed and what

happens to them in middle adulthood

show decline in numerical and perceptual speed in

middle adulthood but the decline in perceptual
speed is much more dramatic that the decline in
numerical abiltiy
Definition 36

Term 36

Activity theory

this theory claims that a higher level of involvment

with people and hobbies in late adulthood is related
to a higher level of life satisfaction

Definition 37
Term 37

Caspi's contextual model

proposes personality stability across the life

course but it presents a different explanation.
Assert that personality influences both the
environment we select for ourselves and how we
respond to those envionments

Term 38

Definition 38

Researchers have found that most kinkeepers are

middle aged women

Term 39

suggests that elderly individuals grow older they

gradually decrease their social interaction and ties
and become increasingly self-preoccupied

Definition 39

disengagement

Term 40

generativity

Definition 40

the ability to transcend personal interests to

provide care and concern for generations to come
Definition 41

Term 41

life review

process of evaluating and making sense of ones

life. involves reinterpreation of past experiences
and unresolved conflicts
Definition 42

Term 42

reminiscence

closely related to life review, recalling and

recounting past events serves several functions
and might be an enjoyable activity might be
directed at enhancing a persons self-image it may
serve as a way to cope with current for future
problems

Definition 43
Term 43

life structure

Daniel Levinson develped this concept which he

described as the outcome resulting from specific
desicions made along the life course
Definition 44

Term 44

Egocentrism
Term 45

this guu believes cognitive development unfolds

sequentially passing through four stages

preschoolers are unable to recognize the possibilty

of other perspectives on a situation perceiving
reality only from their experience
Definition 45

Piaget

Term 46

young children often demonstrate low self esteem

have deficient social skills and have difficulty
coping with and managing conflict when they have
been

Definition 46

exposed to violence
Definition 47

Term 47

Piagets cognitive development

Sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years)

Preoperational (2-7 years)
Concrete operations (7-11)
Formal operations (11 and beyond)

Term 48

the incidence of adolescent pregnancy

childbearing and STD's in the US ________ the
level of most other industriaized nations

Definition 48

far exceeds

Term 49

Definition 49