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15 Cards in this Set
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Moral Reasoning
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The way that people use cognitive processes to solve ethical dilemmas.
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Moratorium
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State in which an adolescent is in the crisis period but has not yet made a commitment to identity.
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Moro Reflex
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A startle reflex that allows infants to open their limbs and then close down as grabbing onto something.
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Morphology
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A study of the way in which meaningful strings of words are combines or altered.
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Motherese
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Baby talk: an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child. A high pitched highly repetitive form of speech composed of simple words or sentences and used by adults when talking to babies.
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Multidimensional
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Characteristic of Lifespan development - Physical, cognitive, emotional, personality.
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Myelinization
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The process in which nerve fibers are covered with an insulating layer of fat cells that speeds the transmission of information along the nerve it continues throughout childhood is not complete until adolescence.
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Natural Childbirth
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Delivery method that involves the use of various measures meant to decrease the need for pain medication that may adversely affect the fetus.
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Natural Selection
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The theory originated by Darwin of survival of the fittest, where better adapted individuals survive to reproduce, thereby transferring their genes to their offspring and into future generations.
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Naturalistic Observation
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Research Method - Involves watching people in their natural settings. There is no manipulation of the setting by the observer.
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Nature
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Traits, abilities, and capacities inherited from one's parents.
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Neuron
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The basic cell of the nervous system.
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Non-Normative
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The term for significant, unexpected and unpredictable life events, which do not follow the predictable developmental pattern of life-cycle.
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Normal Symbiosis
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The child is now aware of his/her mother but there is not a sense of individuality. The infant and the mother are one, and there is a barrier between them and the rest of the world.
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Normative Age Graded Influences
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The biological and social changes that normally happen at predictable ages (e.g., puberty, starting school).
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