developmental psychologist

nature vs nuture

cross sectional research

longitudinal study

zygote, embryo, fetus

teratogens

fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

rooting reflex

moro reflex

babinski reflex

Harry Harlow's attachment research

contact comfort

Konrad Lorenz and imprinting

critical period

Mary Ainsworth /"Strange Situation"

secure attachment

avoidant attachment

anxious ambivalent attachment

authoritarian ( parenting style)

permissive

authoritative

Sigmund Freud

Jean Piaget Cognitive Development Theory

schemata

assimilation

accommodation

sensorimotor stage

object permanence

preoperational stage

egocentric

animism

concrete operations

law of conservation

formal operations

deferred gratification- Stanford University Marshmallow experiment

Lev Vygotsky

zone of proximal development (ZPD)

Erik Erikson's psychological development theory

trust vs. mistrust

autonomy vs. shame and doubt

initiative vs. guilt

industry vs. inferiority

identity vs. role confusion

intimacy vs. isolation

generativity vs. stagnation

integrity vs. despair

Lawrence Kohlberg Theory of Moral Development

preconventional stage

conventional stage