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| 194186091 | Developmental Psychology | a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span | 0 | |
| 194186092 | zygote | a fertilized egg | 1 | |
| 194186093 | fetus | the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth | 2 | |
| 194186094 | embryo | stage in prenatal development from 2 to 8 weeks | 3 | |
| 194186095 | teratogens | agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm | 4 | |
| 194186096 | attachment | The strong bond (social-emotional) a child forms with his or her primary caregiver. | 5 | |
| 194186097 | maturation | the internally programmed growth of a child | 6 | |
| 194186098 | assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | 7 | |
| 194186099 | accommodation | in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality | 8 | |
| 194186100 | sensorimotor stage | the first stage in Piaget's theory, during which the child relies heavily on innate motor responses to stimuli | 9 | |
| 194186101 | object permanence | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived | 10 | |
| 194186102 | preoperational stage | the second stage in Piaget's theory, marked by well-developed mental representation and the use of language | 11 | |
| 194186103 | egocentrism | In Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view. | 12 | |
| 194186104 | concrete operational stage | the third of Piaget's stages, when a child understands conversation but still is incapable of abstract thought | 13 | |
| 194186105 | conservation | the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects | 14 | |
| 194186106 | theory of mind | an awareness that other people's behavior may be influenced by beliefs, desires, and emotions that differ from one's own | 15 | |
| 194186107 | temperament | individuals characteritc manner of behavior or reaction assumed to have a strong genetic basis | 16 | |
| 194186108 | adolescence | the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | 17 | |
| 194186109 | puberty | the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing | 18 | |
| 194186110 | primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible | 19 | |
| 194186111 | secondary sex characteristics | Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction. | 20 | |
| 194186112 | formal operational stage | in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts | 21 | |
| 194186113 | Mary Ainsworth | developmental psychology; compared effects of maternal separation, devised patterns of attachment; "The Strange Situation": observation of parent/child attachment | 22 | |
| 194186116 | Erik Erikson | neo-Freudian, humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?" | 23 | |
| 194186119 | Harry Harlow | development, contact comfort, attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire "mothers;" showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort | 24 | |
| 194186120 | Lawrence Kohlberg | moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions. Most famous moral dilemma is "Heinz" who has an ill wife and cannot afford the medication. Should he steal the medication and why? | 25 | |
| 194186122 | Jean Piaget | Four stage theory of cognitive development: 1. sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational, and 4. formal operational. He said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation and accomodation | 26 | |
| 194186125 | fetal alcohol syndrome | a medical condition in which body deformation or facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant | 27 | |
| 194186126 | habituation | a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | 28 | |
| 194186127 | cognition | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | 29 | |
| 194186128 | schema | In observational learning, a generalized idea that captures the important components, but not every exact detail. Pertaining to memory and person perception, a generalized idea about objects, people, and events that are encountered frequently. | 30 | |
| 194186129 | Autism | a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind | 31 | |
| 194186130 | stranger anxiety | the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age | 32 | |
| 194186131 | critical period | an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development | 33 | |
| 194186132 | 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 | 34 | |
| 194186133 | self concept | a sense of one's identity and personal worth | 35 | |
| 194186134 | gender typing | The process of developing the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions associated with a particular gender. | 36 | |
| 194186135 | social learning theory | Bandura's view of human development; emphasizes interaction | 37 | |
| 194186136 | gender | in psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female. | 38 | |
| 194186137 | X chromosome | the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females | 39 | |
| 194186138 | Y chromosome | the sex chromosome that is carried by men | 40 | |
| 194186139 | testosterone | a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes | 41 | |
| 194186140 | role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | 42 | |
| 194186141 | gender identity | your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female | 43 | |
| 194186142 | menarche | the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman | 44 | |
| 194186143 | identity | the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | 45 | |
| 194186144 | social identity | the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "who am I?" that comes from our group memberships | 46 | |
| 194186145 | intimacy | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | 47 | |
| 194186146 | 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 | 48 | |
| 194186147 | menopause | the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | 49 | |
| 194186148 | cross-sectional study | a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another | 50 | |
| 194186149 | longitudal study | Research in which the same people are restudies and retested over a long period | 51 | |
| 194186150 | crystallized intelligence | one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age | 52 | |
| 194186151 | fluid intelligence | one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood | 53 | |
| 194186152 | social clock | the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement | 54 | |
| 194186153 | alzheimers disease | an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning | 55 | |
| 194186154 | aggression | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | 56 | |
| 194186155 | gender role | the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness | 57 |
