Terms : Hide Images
| 243909667 | Developmental Psychology | the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children | 0 | |
| 243909668 | Zygote | diploid cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg | 1 | |
| 243909669 | Embryo | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | 2 | |
| 243909670 | Fetus | an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | 3 | |
| 243909671 | Tetratogens | Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the emryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. | 4 | |
| 243909672 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) | physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. in severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial misproportions | 5 | |
| 243909673 | Habituation | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | 6 | |
| 243909674 | Maturation | biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. | 7 | |
| 243909675 | Cognition | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | 8 | |
| 243909676 | Schema | an internal representation of the world | 9 | |
| 243909677 | Assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | 10 | |
| 243909678 | Accomodation | adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information | 11 | |
| 243909679 | 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 | |
| 243909680 | Object Permanence | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived | 13 | |
| 243909681 | Peroperational Stage | in piagets theory the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic | 14 | |
| 243909682 | 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 | |
| 243909683 | Egocentrism | in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view | 16 | |
| 243909684 | `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 | |
| 243909685 | 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 | 18 | |
| 243909686 | 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 | 19 | |
| 243909687 | Autism | a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind | 20 | |
| 243909688 | Stranger Anxiety | The fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age. | 21 | |
| 243909689 | Attachment | an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation | 22 | |
| 243909690 | Critical Period | an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development | 23 | |
| 243909691 | Imprinting | a learning process in early life whereby species' specific patterns of behavior are established | 24 | |
| 243909692 | 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 | 25 | |
| 243909693 | Self-Concept | all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?" | 26 | |
| 243909694 | Adolescence | the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence | 27 | |
| 243909695 | Puberty | the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing | 28 | |
| 243909696 | Primary Sex Characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible | 29 | |
| 243909697 | Secondary Sex Characteristics | nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair | 30 | |
| 243909698 | Menarche | the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman | 31 | |
| 243909699 | 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 | 32 | |
| 243909700 | Social Identity | the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "who am I?" that comes from our group memberships | 33 | |
| 243909701 | Intimacy | in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood | 34 | |
| 243909702 | Emerging Adulthood | for some people in modern cultures, a period from the late teens to early twenties, bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsible adulthood | 35 | |
| 243909703 | Menopause | the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines | 36 | |
| 243909704 | Cross-Sectional Study | a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another | 37 | |
| 243909705 | Longitudinal Study | research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period | 38 | |
| 243909706 | Crystallized Intelligence | one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age | 39 | |
| 243909707 | Fluid Intelligence | one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood | 40 | |
| 243909708 | Social Clock | the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement | 41 |
