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19 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation
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a process of change whereby cognitive processes mature sufficiently to allow a person to solve problems that were previously unsolvable
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Adaptation
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the process of modifying to meet new, changing, or different conditions
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Adaptive mechanism
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earned behaviors that assist an individual to adjust to the environment
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Cognitive development
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refers to the manner in which people learn to think, reason, and use language
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Defense mechanism
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any reaction that serves to protect against something physically or psychologically harmful
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Development
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an individual's increasing capacity and skill in functioning, related to growth
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Developmental task
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skill or behavior pattern learned during stages of development
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Ego
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includes consciousness and memory which serves to mediate between primitive instinctual drives (id), internal social prohibitions (superego), and reality
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Fixation
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immobilization or the inability of the personality to proceed to the next developmental stage because of anxiety
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Growth
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physical change and increase in size
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Libido
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urge or desire for sexual activity
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Moral behavior
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the way a person perceives the requirements necessary for people to live together and how he or she responds to them
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Moral development
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the pattern of change in moral behavior with age
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Morality
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a doctrine or system denoting what is right and wrong in conduct, character, or attitude
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Personality
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the outward expression of the inner self
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Superego
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the conscience of personality; the source of feelings of guilt, shame, and inhibition
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Unconscious mind
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the mental life of a person of which the person is unaware
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Moral
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relating to right and wrong
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Assimilation
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see Acculturation
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