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| 4746145 | accommodation | refers to changing an existing schema to incorporate new information that cannot be assimilated.In Piaget's theory. | 0 | |
| 4746146 | 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. | 1 | |
| 4746147 | alzheimer's disease | a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and finally, phisical funtioning. | 2 | |
| 4746148 | assimilation | refers to interpreting a new experience in terms of an existing schema.In Piaget's theory. | 3 | |
| 4746149 | attachment | an emotional tie with another person, shown in young children by their seeking closeness to a caregiver and showing distress on separation. | 4 | |
| 4746150 | 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. | 5 | |
| 4746151 | cognition | all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. | 6 | |
| 4746152 | concrete operational stage | the stage lasting from about ages 6 or 7 to 11, children can think logically about concrete events and objects. | 7 | |
| 4746153 | 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. | 8 | |
| 4746154 | 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. | 9 | |
| 4746155 | cross-sectional study | in this study people of different ages are compared with one another. | 10 | |
| 4746156 | crystalized intelligence | one's accumulated acknowledge and verbal skills; tends fo increase with age | 11 | |
| 4746157 | 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. | 12 | |
| 4746158 | developmental psychology | a branch of psychology that studies human development in phsical, cognitive, and social change perspectives. | 13 | |
| 4746159 | 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." | 14 | |
| 4746160 | embryo | the developing prenatal organism from about 2 weeks through 2 months after conception. | 15 | |
| 4746161 | 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. | 16 | |
| 4746162 | fetus | the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. | 17 | |
| 4746163 | fluid intelligence | refers to a person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly. Fluid intelligence tends to decline with age. | 18 | |
| 4746164 | formal operational stage | in Piaget's theory normally begins about age 12. During this stage people begin to think logically about abstract concepts. | 19 | |
| 4746165 | 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. | 20 | |
| 4746166 | 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. | 21 | |
| 4746167 | imprinting | the process by which certain animals form attachments early in life, usually during a limited critical period. | 22 | |
| 4746168 | intimacy | in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood. | 23 | |
| 4746169 | longitudinal study | in this study the same people are tested and retested over a period of years. | 24 | |
| 4746170 | maturation | biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. | 25 | |
| 4746171 | menarche | the first menstrual period. | 26 | |
| 4746172 | menopause | the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines. | 27 | |
| 4746173 | object permanance | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived. | 28 | |
| 4746174 | 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. | 29 | |
| 4746175 | primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that enable reproduction. | 30 | |
| 4746176 | puberty | the early adolescent period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproduction. | 31 | |
| 4746177 | rooting reflex | a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple. | 32 | |
| 4746178 | schemas | are mental concepts that organize and interpret information. They are found in Piaget's theory of cognitive development | 33 | |
| 4746179 | secondary sex characteristics | the nonreproductive sexual characteristics, for example,female breasts, male voice quality, and body hair. | 34 | |
| 4746180 | self-concept | a person's sense of identity and personal worth. | 35 | |
| 4746181 | 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. | 36 | |
| 4746182 | social clock | the cultural preferred timing of social event such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. | 37 | |
| 4746183 | stranger anxiety | the fear of strangers that infants begin to display at about 8 months of age. | 38 | |
| 4746184 | teratogens | agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. | 39 | |
| 4746185 | zygote | the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo | 40 | |
| 4746279 | developmental_psychology | the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children | 41 |
