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Myers 4
Chapter 4: Development through the Lifespan
Question | Answer |
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Developmental psychologists | study physical, mental, and social changes throughout the lifespan. |
How did Piaget describe cognitive and moral development during adolescence? | Piaget theorized that adolescents develop the capacity for formal operations, which enables them to reason abstractly, but rudiments of formal logic appear earlier than Piaget beleieved. |
How did Kohlberg describe cognitive and moral development during adolescence? | Kohlberg proposed a stage theory of moral thinking, from a pre-conventional morality of self-interest, to a conventional morality concerned with gaining others' approval or doing one's duty, to a post-conventional morality of agreed-upon rights |
Define adolescence, and identify the major physical changes through this period | Adolescence is the transition years between biological maturity and social independence. Both primary and secondary sex characteristics develop dramatically. The brain's frontal lobes mature during adolescence and the early 20s |
How do the bonds of attachment form between parents and infants? | infants form attachments not a s |