Intro To Psych Chapter 10

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Developmental Psychology

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study of continuity and change across the lifespan

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Zygote

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Fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both sperm and eg

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Germinal Stage

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2 week period of prenatal development that begins at conception

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Embryonic Stage

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2nd week-8th week of prenatal development

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Fetal Stage

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9th week-birth

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Myelination

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formation of fatty sheath around the axons of a neuron

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Tetratogens

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Agents that damage the process of development sucha s drugs/viruses

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Developmental disorder that stems from heavy alcohol use by mother during pregnancy

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Infancy

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stage of development that begins at birth and lasts 18-24 months

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Moter Development

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Emergence of the ability to execute physical action

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Reflexes

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specific motor response that is triggered by specific sensory stimulation

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Cephalocaudal Rule

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"top-to-bottom" motor skills emerge in sequence from head to feet

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Proximodistal rule

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"inside-to-outside" motor skills emerge in sequence from the center to the periphery

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Cognitive development

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Emergence of ability to think and understand

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Sensorimotor stage

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Begins at birth - infancy. Acquiring info about the world by sensing it and moving around w/in it.

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Schemas

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Theorys about or models of the way the world works

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Assimilation

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Process by which infants apply their schemas in novel situations

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Accommodation

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Process by which infants revise their schemas in light of new info

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Object Permanence

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Idea that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible

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Childhood

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18-24 months and leasts until adolescence

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Preoperational stage

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2yo-6yo children have a preliminary understanding of the physical world

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Concrete operational stage

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6yo-11yo children learn how various actions or operations can affect or transform concrete objects

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Conservation

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quantitative properties of an object are invariant despite changes in the object's appearance

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Formal Operational stage

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11yo-adulthood children solve nonphysical problems

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egocentrism

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Failure to understand the world appears differently to different observers

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theory of mind

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Human behavior is guided by mental representations

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attachment

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Emotional bond that forms between newborns and primary caregivers

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internal working model of relationships

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beliefs about the self, the primary caregiver, and the relationship between them

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temperaments

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Characteristic patterns of emotional reactivity

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preconventional stage

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Moral development in which the morality of an action is primarily determined by its consequences for the actor

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postconventional stage

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Moral development which the morality of an action is primarily determined by the extent to which it conforms to social rules

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adolescence

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Moral development in which the morality of an action is determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values

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puberty

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Period of development that begins with the onset of sexual maturity (11-14yo) and lasts to the beginning of adulthood (18-21yo)

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primary sex characteristics

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Bodily changes associated with sexual maturity

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secondary sex characteristics

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bodily structures that are directly involved in reproduction

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Adulthood

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development that begins at 18 and ends at death