Terms : Hide Images
| 8307421016 | developmental psychology | a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | 0 | |
| 8307421017 | zygote | Fertilized egg; it enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo | 1 | |
| 8307421018 | embryo | The developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month. | 2 | |
| 8307421019 | fetus | The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. | 3 | |
| 8307421020 | teratogens | agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm | 4 | |
| 8307421021 | fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) | Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. | 5 | |
| 8307421022 | habituation | Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner. | 6 | |
| 8307421023 | maturation | biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience | 7 | |
| 8307421024 | cognition | All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. | 8 | |
| 8307421025 | schema | a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information | 9 | |
| 8307421026 | assimilation | Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas | 10 | |
| 8307421027 | accommodation | Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information. | 11 | |
| 8307421028 | sensorimotor stage | in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities | 12 | |
| 8307421029 | object permanence | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived | 13 | |
| 8307421030 | pre operational stage | in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic | 14 | |
| 8307421031 | conservation | The principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects. | 15 | |
| 8307421032 | egocentrism | in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view | 16 | |
| 8307421033 | theory of mind | People's ideas about their own and others' mental states -- about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts and the behavior these might predict | 17 | |
| 8307421034 | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | A disorder characterized by deficits in social relatedness and communication skills that are often accompanied by repetitive, ritualistic behavior. | 18 | |
| 8307421035 | concrete operational stage | in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events | 19 | |
| 8307421036 | formal operational stage | in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts | 20 | |
| 8307421037 | stranger anxiety | the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age | 21 | |
| 8307421038 | attachment | An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation. | 22 | |
| 8307421039 | critical period | an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development | 23 | |
| 8307421040 | imprinting | The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life. | 24 | |
| 8307421041 | temperament | A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity. | 25 | |
| 8307421042 | basic trust | according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers | 26 | |
| 8307421043 | self-concept | all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?" | 27 | |
| 8307421044 | gender | A socially and culturally constructed set of distinctions between masculine and feminine sets of behaviors that is promoted and expected by society | 28 | |
| 8307421045 | aggression | Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy. | 29 | |
| 8307421046 | gender role | a set of expected behaviors for males or for females | 30 | |
| 8307421047 | role | a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave | 31 | |
| 8307421048 | gender identity | one's sense of being male or female | 32 | |
| 8307421049 | social learning theory | The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished. | 33 | |
| 8307421050 | gender typing | the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role | 34 | |
| 8307421051 | transgender | An umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex | 35 | |
| 8307421052 | adolescent | The transition from childhood to adulthood is known as which of the following | 36 | |
| 8307421053 | identity | our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles | 37 | |
| 8307421054 | social identity | the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "Who am I?" that comes from our group memberships | 38 | |
| 8307421055 | intimacy | in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood | 39 | |
| 8307421056 | emerging adulthood | for some people in modern cultures, a period from the late teens to mid-twenties, bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsible adulthood | 40 | |
| 8307421057 | x chromosome | The sex chromosome found in both men and women. Females have two X chromosomes; males have one. An X chromosome from each parent produces a female child. | 41 | |
| 8307421058 | y chromosome | the sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child. | 42 | |
| 8307421059 | testosterone | A male sex hormone produced by the testes; women secrete smaller amounts of testosterone from the adrenal cortex and ovary. | 43 | |
| 8307421060 | puberty | The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. | 44 | |
| 8307421061 | primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible | 45 | |
| 8307421062 | secondary sex characteristics | nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair | 46 | |
| 8307421063 | menarche | The first menstrual period. | 47 | |
| 8307421064 | AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) | a life threatening, sexually transmitted infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS depletes the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to infections | 48 | |
| 8307421065 | sexual orientation | an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation) | 49 | |
| 8307421066 | menopause | The time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. | 50 | |
| 8307421067 | cross-sectional study | a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another | 51 | |
| 8307421068 | longitudinal study | research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period | 52 | |
| 8307421069 | social clock | the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement | 53 | |
| 8307421070 | rooting | stroke a baby on its cheek and it turns | 54 | |
| 8307421071 | sucking | allows baby to eat | 55 | |
| 8307421072 | grasping | baby will grip onto anything tightly | 56 | |
| 8307421073 | stepping | infants life one foot after another | 57 | |
| 8307421074 | moro | surprise relex; baby bows back up because it wants to be swaddled | 58 | |
| 8307421075 | babinski | touch bottom of foot and toes curl up | 59 |
