These terms are matched to Myers 8th edition of Psychology chapter 4.
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| 3379198 | accommodation | refers to changing an existing schema to incorporate new information that cannot be assimilated.In Piaget's theory. | |
| 3379199 | adolescence | this refers to the life stage from puberty to independent adulthood, denoted physically by a growth spurt and maturation of primary and secondary sex characteristics, cognitively by the onset of formal operational thought, and socially by the formation of identity. | |
| 3379200 | alzheimer's disease | a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and finally, phisical funtioning. | |
| 3379201 | assimilation | refers to interpreting a new experience in terms of an existing schema.In Piaget's theory. | |
| 3379202 | attachment | an emotional tie with another person, shown in young children by their seeking closeness to a caregiver and showing distress on separation. | |
| 3379203 | basic trust | according to Erikson is a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy - a concept that infants form if their needs are met by responsive caregiving. | |
| 3379204 | cognition | all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. | |
| 3379205 | concrete operational stage | the stage lasting from about ages 6 or 7 to 11, children can think logically about concrete events and objects. | |
| 3379206 | conservation | the principle that properties such as number, volume, and mass remain constant despite changes in the forms of objects; it is acquired during the concrete operational stage. | |
| 3379207 | critical period | the limited time shortly after birth during which an organism must be exposed to certain experiences or influences if it is to develop properly. | |
| 3379208 | cross-sectional study | in this study people of different ages are compared with one another. | |
| 3379209 | crystalized intelligence | one's accumulated acknowledge and verbal skills; tends fo increase with age | |
| 3379210 | crystallized intelligence | refers to those aspects of intellectual ability, such as vocabulary and general knowledged that reflect accumulated learning. Crystallized intelligence tends to increase with age. | |
| 3379211 | developmental psychology | a branch of psychology that studies human development in phsical, cognitive, and social change perspectives. | |
| 3379212 | egocentrism | in Piaget's theory refers to the difficulty that preoperational children have in considing another's viewpoint. "Ego" means "self" erring and "centrism" indicates "in the center"; the preoperational child is "self-centered." | |
| 3379213 | embryo | the developing prenatal organism from about 2 weeks through 2 months after conception. | |
| 3379214 | fetal alcohol syndrome | a syndrome that refers to the physical and cognitive abnormalities that heavy drinking by a pregnant woman may cause in the developing child. | |
| 3379215 | fetus | the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. | |
| 3379216 | fluid intelligence | refers to a person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly. Fluid intelligence tends to decline with age. | |
| 3379217 | formal operational stage | in Piaget's theory normally begins about age 12. During this stage people begin to think logically about abstract concepts. | |
| 3379218 | habituation | decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repearted exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner. | |
| 3379219 | identity | one's sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles. | |
| 3379220 | imprinting | the process by which certain animals form attachments early in life, usually during a limited critical period. | |
| 3379221 | intimacy | in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood. | |
| 3379222 | longitudinal study | in this study the same people are tested and retested over a period of years. | |
| 3379223 | maturation | biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. | |
| 3379224 | menarche | the first menstrual period. | |
| 3379225 | menopause | the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. | |
| 3379226 | object permanance | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived. | |
| 3379227 | preoperational stage | in Piaget's theory lasts from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age. During this stage, language development is rapid, but the child is unable to understand the mental operations of concrete logic. | |
| 3379228 | primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that enable reproduction. | |
| 3379229 | puberty | the early adolescent period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproduction. | |
| 3379230 | rooting reflex | a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple. | |
| 3379231 | schemas | are mental concepts that organize and interpret information. They are found in Piaget's theory of cognitive development | |
| 3379232 | secondary sex characteristics | the nonreproductive sexual characteristics, for example,female breasts, male voice quality, and body hair. | |
| 3379233 | self-concept | a person's sense of identity and personal worth. | |
| 3379234 | sensorimotor stage | in Piaget's theory of cognitive stages, this stage lasts from birth to about age 2.During this stage, infants gain knowledge of the world through their senses and their motor activities. | |
| 3379235 | social clock | the cultural preferred timing of social event such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. | |
| 3379236 | stranger anxiety | the fear of strangers that infants begin to display at about 8 months of age. | |
| 3379237 | teratogens | agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. | |
| 3379238 | zygote | the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo | |
| 15105641 | 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. | |
| 15105884 | autism | a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind. |
