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recognition that objects removed from sight still exist, as demonstrated in young children by continued pursuit
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Object Permanance
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The baby from the 3rd through 8th weeks following conception, during which time the major organ systems undergo rapid differentiation
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embryo
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Erkinsons term for a firm sense of who one is and what one stands for
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Ego Identity
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Male sex harmones
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Androgens
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The enduring affectional tie that binds one person to another
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Attachment
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according to piaget, the inclusion of a new event into an existing scheme
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Assimilation
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A newly born child
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Neonate
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According to Piaget, A hypothetical mental structure that permits the classifacation and organization of new information
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Scheme
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The amount of time spent looking at a visual stimulus
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Fixation time
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the first stage of prenatal developement during which the dividing mass of cells has not become implanted in the uterine wall
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Germinal Stage
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Membrane that permits the exchange of nutrients and waste products between the mother and her child, doesnt allow the maternal and fetal blood to mix
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Placenta
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According to Piaget, assuming that others view the world as one does oneself
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Egocentric
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The view that aging is determined by a biological clock that ticks at a rate governed by genes
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Programmed senescence
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simultaneous focusing on more than one dimension of a problem so that flexible, Reverseable thoughts become possible
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Decentration
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According to Piaget, the modifacation of schemes so that information inconsistant with existing schemes can be integrated or understood
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Accomodation
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A sac within the uterus that contains the embryo or fetus
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Amniotic Sac
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The turning of an infant's head torward a touch such as by the mother's nipple
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Rooting
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The view that the life of the individual and society withdraw from one anothers during the later years
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Sisengagement Theory
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Self-direction
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Autonomy
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Characteristics that distinguish the sexes, such as distribution of body hair, and the depth of voice, but that are not directly involved in reproduction
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Secondary Sex Characteristics
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Contact Comfort
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A hypothesized primary drive to seek physical comfort through contact with another
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Metamemory
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Knowledge of the functions and processes in ones own memory, as shown by the use of cognitive strategies to retain info
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Imprinting
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A process occuring during a critical period in the developement of an organism, in which the organism responds to a stimulus in a manner that afterword will be difficult to modify
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Authoritarian
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Parents who are rigid in their rules and who demand obedience for the sake of obedience
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Authoritative
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Parents who are strict and warm authoratative paretns demand mature behavior but use reason rather than discipline
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