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| 14268136715 | Developmental Psychology | A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | 0 | |
| 14268136716 | Zygote | The fertilized egg | 1 | |
| 14268140231 | Embryo | Developing human organism from ~2 weeks after fertilization through the second month | 2 | |
| 14268140232 | Fetus | The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception until birth | 3 | |
| 14268142639 | Teratogens | Outside agents (chemicals, viruses, etc) that can reach the embryo or fetus and cause harm | 4 | |
| 14268145760 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy | 5 | |
| 14268145761 | Habituation | Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation | 6 | |
| 14268147787 | Maturation | Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience | 7 | |
| 14268147788 | Cognition | All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating | 8 | |
| 14268150381 | Schema | A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information | 9 | |
| 14268150382 | Assimilation | Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schema | 10 | |
| 14268152388 | Accommodation | Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information | 11 | |
| 14268152389 | Sensorimotor Stage | Stage in which infants know the world mostly in terms of sensory impressions and motor activities (The first stage in Piaget's theory; birth to ~2yo) | 12 | |
| 14268154283 | Object Permanence | The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived | 13 | |
| 14268158358 | Preoperational Stage | Stage during which a child learns language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic (The second stage in Piaget's theory; ~2yo to 6 or 7yo) | 14 | |
| 14268160395 | Conservation | The principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects | 15 | |
| 14268160396 | Egocentrism | (In Piaget's theory) A child's difficulty taking another person's point of view | 16 | |
| 14268162009 | Theory of Mind | People's ideas about their own and other's mental states | 17 | |
| 14268162010 | Concrete Operational Stage | Stage in which children gain the mental operations that enable logical thinking about concrete events (The third stage in Piaget's theory; ~7 to 11yo) | 18 | |
| 14268163756 | Formal Operational Stage | Stage in which children gain the ability to think logically about abstract events (The final stage in Piaget's theory ~12+yo) | 19 | |
| 14268165864 | Scaffold | A framework that offers children temporary support as they develop higher levels of thinking | 20 | |
| 14268168350 | Autism Spectrum Disorder | A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated interests and repetitive behaviors | 21 | |
| 14268190071 | Stranger Anxiety | The fear of strangers that infants commonly display | 22 | |
| 14268190072 | Attachment | An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to their caregiver and showing distress on seperation | 23 | |
| 14268191453 | Critical Period | An optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development | 24 | |
| 14268191454 | Imprinting | The process by which certain animals form strong attachments early in life | 25 | |
| 14268193984 | Strange Situation | A procedure for studying child-caregiver attachment | 26 | |
| 14268193985 | Secure Attachment | Demonstrated by infants who comfortably explore environments in the presence of their caregiver, and display temporary distress and comfort in the exit and return of the caregiver | 27 | |
| 14268195600 | Insecure Attachment | Demonstrated by infants who display either a clinging, anxious attachment or an avoidant attachment that resists closeness | 28 | |
| 14268195601 | Temperment | A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity | 29 | |
| 14268198101 | Basic trust | According to Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy | 30 | |
| 14268198102 | Self-concept | All our thoughts and feelings about ourselves in answer to the question 'Who am I?' | 31 | |
| 14268199886 | Sex | In psychology, the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female | 32 | |
| 14268199887 | Gender | In psychology, the socially influenced characteristics by which people define 'boy', 'girl', 'man', and 'woman' | 33 | |
| 14268201600 | Aggression | Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally | 34 | |
| 14268201601 | Relational Aggression | An act of aggression meant to harm a person's relationship or social standing | 35 | |
| 14268202940 | Role | A set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to act | 36 | |
| 14268202941 | Gender Role | A set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for males or females | 37 | |
| 14268204610 | Gender Identity | Our sense of being male, female, or some combination of the two | 38 | |
| 14268206137 | Social Learning Theory | The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating others and by being rewarded or punished | 39 | |
| 14268206138 | Gender Typing | The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role | 40 | |
| 14268207781 | Androgeny | Displaying both traditional masculine and feminine psychological characteristics | 41 | |
| 14268213633 | Transgender | An umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth-designated sex | 42 | |
| 14268238994 | Adolescence | The transition period from childhood to adulthood | 43 | |
| 14268242291 | Puberty | The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing | 44 | |
| 14268242292 | Identity | Our sense of self. | 45 | |
| 14268244316 | Social Identity | The 'we' aspect of our self-concept. | 46 | |
| 14268244317 | Emerging Adulthood | The period from age 18 to mid-twenties. In Western culture, a period between adolescence and full independence as an adult | 47 | |
| 14268246218 | X Chromosome | Found in both males and females. Females typically have 2, men typically have 1 | 48 | |
| 14268246219 | Y Chromosome | Typically found only in males, when paired with the other chromosome, it produces a male child | 49 | |
| 14268247339 | Testosterone | The most important male sex hormone | 50 | |
| 14268247340 | Primary Sex Characteristics | The body structures that make sexual reproduction possible | 51 | |
| 14268249357 | Secondary Sex Characteristics | Nonreproductive sexual traits | 52 | |
| 14268249358 | Spermarche | The first ejaculation | 53 | |
| 14268251011 | Menarche | The first menstrual period | 54 | |
| 14268251012 | Intersex | A condition present at birth due to unusual combinations of chromosomes, hormones, and anatomy; possessing biological sex characteristics of both sexes | 55 | |
| 14268252841 | AIDS | A life-threatening STD that depletes the immune system | 56 | |
| 14268252842 | Sexual Orientation | Our enduring sexual attraction towards members of the opposite, same, or both sexes | 57 | |
| 14268255265 | Menopause | The time when the menstrual cycle ends; also refers to biological changes that occur as the ability to reproduce declines | 58 | |
| 14268255266 | Cross-sectional Study | Research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time | 59 | |
| 14268256631 | Longitudinal Study | Research that follows and retests the same people over time | 60 | |
| 14268256632 | Neurocognitive Disorders (NCDs) | Acquired disorders marked by cognitive deficits. Brought on by disease, injury, or substance abuse (Formerly called 'dementia') | 61 | |
| 14268261151 | Alzheimer's Disease | A NCD marked by neural plaques, entailing a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities | 62 | |
| 14268263603 | Social Clock | The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement | 63 |
