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| 124649124 | mary ainsworth | attachment styles; "strange situation" | |
| 124649125 | diana baumrind | studied parenting styles; how they effect development | |
| 124649126 | carol gilligan | men and women have different perspectives on morality; challenged Kohlberg's theory | |
| 124649127 | lev vygotsky | emphasized the sociocultural influences on a children's cognitive development | |
| 124649128 | daniel levinson | determined the adult male developmental stages; Seasons of a man's life; mid-life crisis | |
| 124649129 | james marcia | developed four states of identity crisis | |
| 124649130 | erik erikson | eight stage theory of psychosocial development; each stage is a conflict | |
| 124649131 | sigmund freud | psychosexual stages of development | |
| 124649132 | lawrence kohlberg | stage theory of moral development | |
| 124649133 | jean piaget | four stage theory of cognitive development | |
| 124649134 | konrad lorenz | imprinting; critical attachment periods; studied baby birds | |
| 124649135 | elizabeth kubler-ross | 5 stages of death and dying | |
| 124650727 | fluid intelligence | cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age | |
| 124650728 | crystallized intelligence | accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age | |
| 124686876 | schema | understanding of the world; framework that organizes and interprets information | |
| 124686877 | assimilation | process of fitting objects and experiences into one's schemas | |
| 124686878 | accommodation | adjustment of one's schemas to include new events and experiences | |
| 124686879 | object permanence | realization that an object exists even when itcannot be seen | |
| 124686880 | representational thought | ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind | |
| 124686881 | conservation | principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance is changed | |
| 124686882 | egocentric | a young child's inability to understand another person's perspective | |
| 124686883 | imprinting | critical period very early in life; process of forming attachments; animals | |
| 124686884 | critical period | specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned | |
| 124686885 | socialization | teaching or passing on of culture | |
| 124723517 | identification | process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same-sex parent | |
| 124723518 | maturation | the internally programmed growth of a child | |
| 124723519 | androgynous | having both male and female characteristics | |
| 124723520 | senile dementia | general term to describe a decline in mental functioning seen in the elderly | |
| 124723521 | ageism | prejudice and discrimination against older people | |
| 124723522 | alzheimer's disease | irreversible, progressive brain disorder; deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning | |
| 124723523 | primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible | |
| 124723524 | secondary sex characteristics | nonreproductive characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair. | |
| 124726345 | asynchrony | condition during adolescence in which the growth of bodily parts is uneven | |
| 124726346 | generativity | the desire to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations | |
| 124726347 | stagnation | discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past | |
| 124726348 | authoritarian family | too hard; a family with a strict, unchanging set of rules that cannot be broken | |
| 124726349 | permissive family | too soft; children have the final say, parents are less controlling and non-punishing | |
| 124726350 | authoritative family | just right; firm but not rigid, responsive to the child's needs but not indulgent | |
| 128884742 | maturation | internal programmed growth | |
| 128884743 | id | pleasure principle; demanding immediate gratification | |
| 128884744 | libido | pleasure seeking energy | |
| 128884745 | autonomy | independence | |
| 128884746 | gender identity | physical/ biological make-up | |
| 128884747 | gender role | expected behaviors for males and females | |
| 128884748 | gender stereotypes | beliefs about males' and females' abilities, personality traits, and behavior |
