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18 Cards in this Set
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Socialization |
process by which children learn behaviours, attitudes and expectations required of them by their society or culture |
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contact comfort |
innate pleasure derived from close physical contact, basis of infants first attachment |
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separation anxiety |
distress that most children develop at about 6-8 months, when primary caregiver temporarily leaves them with strangers |
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telegraphic speech |
child's first word combinations which omit unnecessary words |
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object permanence |
develops throughout first year, understanding that an object continues to exist even if you cannot see it or touch it |
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conservation |
understanding that physical properties of objects, such as # of items in a cluster, can remain the same even when their form or appearance changes |
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theory of mind |
system of beliefs about the way one's own mind and the minds of others work, and how individuals are affected by their beliefs and feelings |
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power assertion |
method of child rearing in which parent uses punishment and authority to correct child's misbehavior |
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induction |
method of child rearing in which parent appeals to childs own abilities, sense of responsibility, and feelings for others in correcting the child's misbehavior |
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gender identity |
fundamental sense of being male or female, independent of whether the person conforms to the social and cultural rules of gender |
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gender typing |
process by which children learn the abilities, interests, and behaviours associated with being masculine or feminine in their culture |
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intersex conditions |
chromosomal or hormonal anomalies cause a child to be born with ambiguous gentials, or genitals that conflict with the infants chromosomes |
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gender schema |
mental network of knowledge, beliefs, metaphors and expectations about what it means to be male or female |
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puberty |
age at which a person becomes capable of sexual reproduction |
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menarche |
onset of menstruation during puberty |
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menopause |
cessation of menstruation and the production of ova; usually a gradual process lasting up to 7 years |
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fluid intelligence |
capacity for deductive reasoning, ability to use new information to solve problems; relatively independent of education and tends to decline in old age |
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crystallized intelligence |
cognitive skills and specific knowledge of information aquired over a lifetime; heavily dependant on education and remains stable over the lifetime |
