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32 Cards in this Set
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teratogens
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chemicals or viruses that can enter the placenta and the the developing fetus
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rooting
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look for milk if cheek is stroked
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reflexes
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rooting, breathing, eye blink, swallowing, sleeping, babinski (toes), grasping, morro (reaching) sucking
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zygote
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fertilized egg
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embryo
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developing human organism
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schema
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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets info.
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accomadation
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adopting ones current understanding (schemas) to incorporate new info
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assimilation
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interpreting one's new experience in terms of ones existing schemas
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Sensorimotor
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birth-2 years. experience world through senses and actions
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Preoperational
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2-6. Representing things w/ words and images. pretend play and egocentrism
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Concrete Operational
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7-11. Think logically about concrete events.
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Formal Operational
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12-Adult. Abstract reasoning. Abstract knowledge. Potential for mature moral reasoning
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Object Permanence
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The awareness hat things continue to exist when not perceived (by 8 months)
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Conversation
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The principle that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape
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Egocentrism
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Preoperational child's difficulty taking anothers point of view
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Maturation
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Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. Sets the basic course of development.
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Motor Development
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The developing brain enables physical coordination. babies roll over before they sit unsupported
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Habituation
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infants are used to it
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What develops last in the brain?
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Frontal Cortex
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Harlow
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showed infants bond w/surrogate mothers b/c of BODILY CONTACT and NOT because of nourishment
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Secure Attachment
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children explore their environment happily in the presence of mom.When mom leaves they show distress.
Parent = sensitive, relaxed, attentive |
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Insecure Attachment
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Children cling to mom and are less likely to explore their environment.
Parent= insensitive, unresponsive, indifferent |
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Causes of atachment
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Familiarity,body contact,
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aphasia
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lack of language
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Deprivation of attachment
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children become: withdrawn, frightened, unable to develop speech
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Authoritative
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parents are demanding but responsive to their children. high self-esteem
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Authoritarian
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Parents impose rules, expect obedience. low self esteem
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Permissive
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Parents submit to childrens demands
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Adolescence Physical development
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primary and secondary sex characteristics develop dramatically
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Preconventional Morality
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Before age 9, preconventional morality of self-interest. obey to avoid punishment or gain a reward
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Conventional Morality
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By early adolescence, morality usually evolves to a more conventional level that cares for others and upholds laws and social rules simply b/c they are the laws and rules
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Postconventional Morality
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Develop abstract reasoning. Affirms agreed upon rights, follows what one personally perceives as basic ethical principles
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