Human Growth Flashcards
7 cards from real NCE practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 7 Human Growth flashcards as text
Which developmental milestone is typically achieved first in infancy?
Answer: Social smiling
Social smiling typically emerges around 6–8 weeks of age, making it one of the earliest observable social milestones in infancy.
In Piaget's preoperational stage, 'egocentrism' refers to:
Answer: The inability to see situations from another person's perspective
Piagetian egocentrism means the child cannot cognitively take another's viewpoint, as demonstrated by the classic three-mountain task.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which level must be satisfied before esteem needs can be addressed?
Answer: Belongingness and love needs
Maslow's hierarchy places belongingness and love needs (social connection) immediately below esteem needs, requiring social satisfaction first.
A teenager begins questioning parental values and exploring different belief systems before making commitments. Marcia would label this status as:
Answer: Identity moratorium
Moratorium involves active exploration without yet making a commitment, representing the questioning phase of identity formation.
Which theorist proposed that moral development occurs through stages of heteronomous and autonomous morality in children?
Answer: Jean Piaget
Piaget described heteronomous morality (rules are fixed) transitioning to autonomous morality (rules are flexible agreements) in middle childhood.
Which term describes the phenomenon where children raised in institutions without consistent caregivers show lasting deficits in social and emotional development?
Answer: Reactive attachment disorder
Reactive attachment disorder can result from institutional care deprivation, characterized by disturbed and developmentally inappropriate social relatedness.
Bernice Neugarten's concept of 'on-time' versus 'off-time' life events suggests that:
Answer: Events experienced outside socially expected timing cause greater stress
Neugarten found that events occurring outside of culturally expected timing (e.g., early widowhood) produce more psychological stress than on-time events.