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Developmental Psychology

Chapter 3-5

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ability to use accumulated knowledge in appropriate ways
feelings of emptiness and loss felt sometimes by mothers and fathers when children leave home
study of death and dying
ability to generate a new hypothesis
most common form of senile dementia
stages of cognitive development
attachement
a common reaction among infants when the mother is absent
the process of learning the rules of behavior on one's culture
the principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance does
period when skill and abilities are most easily learned
period when thinking becomes abstract
moral development
Psychosocial stages
Imprinting
facility designed fro the special needs of the dying
major transitional period in mens lives
memory loss, forgetfulness, disorientation and altered personality
discrimination against the elderly
acting in a way that copies or is similar to the behavior of one's peers
a small group within a larger group
internally programmed growth of a child
when a child knows that an object exist even when it cannot be seen
automatic movement patterns found in newborns
believe that crisis is involved in adolescent identity
combines traditional male and female roles
reached between 18-30 years old
denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance
focused on adult males
heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis
often achieved in adolescence
stoke the bottom of an infants foot and their toes flail outward
experimented with monkeys to discover that they will choose comfort over nourishment
sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational
achieved during the concrete operational stage
20, 40, 65

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