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30 Cards in this Set
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infant's clinging response to a touch to the palm of his or her hand
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grasping reflex
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complex growth process of a child
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maturation
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infant's response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth
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rooting reflex
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study of how humans mature and why they develop as they do
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developmental psychology
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kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear
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telegraphic speech
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baby's reaction to a loud noise or sight above their head, spreading arms and legs out
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moro reflex
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correctly putting together words and sentences
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grammar
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where people learn language the most
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critical period
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young child's inability to understand another person's perspective
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egocentric
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conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world
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schema
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principle that a given quantity doesn't change when its appearance is changed
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conservation
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knowing something is there even if you don't see it
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object permanence
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process of fitting objects and experiences into ones schemas
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assimilation
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intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind
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representational thought
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process of learning the rules of behavior of the culture within which and individual is born and their will to live
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socialization
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process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks
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sublimation
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parents are in charge of the home
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authoritarian family
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child's play involving adult assumed roles, enabling the child to experience different points of view
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role taking
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seeing oneself as similar to another person's or group and accepting the attitudes of another person or group as one's own
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identification
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children participate in decisions affecting their lives
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democratic/authoritative family
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A person's behavior usually develops as a result of _______ and _______.
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hereditary, environment
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The length of most infants at birth is _______.
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18-22 inches
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An infant must reach _______ _______ before pushing him or her to master new skills.
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hereditary, environment
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What three patterns of attachment in children did Mary Ainsworth discover?
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secure, avoidant, resistant
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Children are able to use logical schemas during the _______ stage of cognitive development (J. Piaget).
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concrete
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In Harry Harlow's experiment with the surrogate mothers, young monkeys chose the cloth mother out of their need for _______ _______.
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physical contact comfort
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What factors are associated with child abuse?
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-lack of contact with other family members, stress, unemployment
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Children push sexual desires into the background and become involved in exploring the world and learning new skills during the _______ stage.
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latency
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Erik Erikson believed that _______ plays an important role in human development.
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social approval
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_______ influences moral development according to Lawrence Kohlberg.
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Cognitive development
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