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Developmental Psychology
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branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social changes throughout a life span
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zygote
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the fertilized egg
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Embryo
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the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month
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Fetus
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the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth
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Maturation
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biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
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Schema
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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
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Sensorimotor Stage
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according to Piaget, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
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Object Permanence
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the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
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Peroperational Stage
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according to Piaget, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
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egocentrism
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according to Piaget, the preoperational child's difficulty in taking another's point of view
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