Unit 5 AP Psych Vocab Quiz

Biological growth process that enables orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

Interpreting one’s new experience in terms of one’s existing schemas

A concept that organizes and interprets information

Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information

Ability to reasons about what other people know or believe

Disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors

An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation

A specific time in development when certain skills are most easily learned

The process by which certain animals form strong attachment during an early like critical period

Basic emotional style that appears early development and is largely genetic in origin

A set of expected behaviors for males or for females

According to Erik Erickson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy. Formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers

A persons psychological sense of being male or female

The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from PUBERTY to INDEPENDENCE

The part of the self-concept including one’s view of self as a member of a particular social category

The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood and retirement