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| 4806616346 | developmental psychology | the study of continuity and change across the life span | 0 | |
| 4806616347 | zygote | a single cell that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and an egg | 1 | |
| 4806616348 | germinal stage | the 2 week period of prenatal development hat begins at conception | 2 | |
| 4806616349 | embryonic stage | the period of prenatal development that blasts from the second week until about the eight week | 3 | |
| 4806616350 | fetal stage | the period of prenatal development that lasts from the ninth week until birth | 4 | |
| 4806616351 | myelination | the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a brain cell | 5 | |
| 4806616352 | teratogens | agents that damage the process of development, such as drugs and viruses | 6 | |
| 4806616353 | fetal alcohol syndrome | a development disorder that stems from heavy alcohol use by the mother during pregnancy | 7 | |
| 4806616354 | infancy | the stage of development that begins at birth and last between 18 and 24 months | 8 | |
| 4806616355 | motor development | the emergence of the ability to execute physical action | 9 | |
| 4806616356 | reflexes | specific patterns of motor response that are triggered by specific patterns of sensory stimulation | 10 | |
| 4806616357 | cephalocaudal rule | the "top to bottom" rule that describes the tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet | 11 | |
| 4806616358 | proximodistal rule | the "inside to outside" rule that describes the tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the center to the periphery | 12 | |
| 4806616359 | cognitive development | the emergence of the ability to understand the world | 13 | |
| 4806616360 | sensorimotor stage | a stage of development that begins at birth and lasts through infancy in which infants acquire information about the world by sensing it and moving around within it | 14 | |
| 4806616361 | schemas | theories about or models of the way the world works | 15 | |
| 4806616362 | assimilation | the process by which infants apply their schemas in novel situations | 16 | |
| 4806616363 | accommodation | the process by which infants revise their schemas in light of new information | 17 | |
| 4806616364 | object permanence | the idea the objects continue to exist even when they are not visible | 18 | |
| 4806616365 | childhood | the stage of development that begins at about 18 to 24 months and lasts until adolescence | 19 | |
| 4806616366 | pre-operational stage | begins at about at about 2 years and ends at about 6 years, in which children have a preliminary understanding of the physical world | 20 | |
| 4806616367 | concrete operational stage | begins at about 6 years and ends at about 11 years, in which children acquire basic understanding of the physical world and a preliminary understanding of their own and others' minds | 21 | |
| 4806616368 | conservation | the notion that the quantitative properties of an object are invariant despite changes in the object's appearance | 22 | |
| 4806616369 | formal operational stage | begins at about 11 years and lasts through adulthood, in which children gain a deeper understanding of their own and others; minds and learn to reason abstractly | 23 | |
| 4806616370 | egocentrism | the failure to understand that the world appears differently to different observers | 24 | |
| 4806616371 | theory of mind | the idea that human behavior is guided by mental representation, which gives rise to the realization that the world is not always the way it looks and that different people see it differently | 25 | |
| 4806616372 | attachment | the emotional bond that forms between newborns and their primary caregivers | 26 | |
| 4806616373 | internal working model of attachment | a set of expectations about how the primary caregiver will respond when the child feels insecure SECURE: certain caregiver will respond AVIODANT: certain caregiver will not respond AMBIVALENT: uncertain if they will respond DISORGANIZED:confused about their caregiver (ex:abused) | 27 | |
| 4806616374 | temperaments | characteristic patterns of emotional reactivity | 28 | |
| 4806616375 | pre-conventional stage | a stage of moral development in which the morality of an actions primarily determined by its consequences for the actor | 29 | |
| 4806616376 | conventional stage | a stage of moral development in which the morality of an action is primarily determined by the extent to which it conforms to social rules | 30 | |
| 4806616377 | post-conventional stage | a stage of moral development at which the morality of an action if determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values | 31 | |
| 4806616378 | adolescence | the period of development that begins with the onset of sexual maturity (about 11 to 14 years) and lasts until the beginnnig of adulthood (about 18 to 21 years) | 32 | |
| 4806616379 | puberty | the bodily changes associated with sexual maturity | 33 | |
| 4806616380 | primary sex characteristics | bodily structures that are directly involved in reproduction | 34 | |
| 4806616381 | secondary characteristics | bodily structures that change dramatically with sexual maturity but that are not directly involved in reproduction | 35 | |
| 4806616382 | adulthood | the stage of development that begins around 18 to 21 years and ends at death | 36 | |
| 4819565787 | trust vs. mistrust | Erickson's first stage characterized by children developing trust of their caregiver | 37 | |
| 4819569116 | autonomy vs. shame/doubt | Erickson's second stage characterized by the ability to control physical skills | 38 | |
| 4819571846 | initiative vs. guilt | Erickson's third stage characterized by children asserting control over their environment | 39 | |
| 4819576912 | industry vs. inferiority | Erickson's fourth stage characterized by coping with new social demands | 40 | |
| 4819579856 | identity vs. role confusion | Erickson's fifth stage characterized by developing a sense of identity | 41 | |
| 4819581268 | intimacy vs. isolation | Erickson's sixth stage characterized by forming loving relationships | 42 | |
| 4819583560 | generativity vs. stagnation | Erickson's seventh stage characterized by creating things that will outlast an individual | 43 | |
| 4819586446 | ego integrity vs. despair | Erickson's eighth and final stage characterized by looking back on life | 44 |
