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29 Cards in this Set
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Innate Ability
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Capability of an infant that is unborn
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Embryo
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Organism during first 8 weeks
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Teratogen
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Substances such as drugs & other chemicals that can damage the organism in prenatal period.
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Neonatal Period
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1st Month after birth
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Innate Reflex
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Reflexive response present at birth
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Infancy
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Between the end of neonatal period, & establishment of language.
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Imprinting
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Form of learning in which young animals follow &attach to the first moving object they see/hear.
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Name two Insecure Attachment types...
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Anxious-Ambivalent
Avoidant attachment |
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Anxious-ambivalent Attachment
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Wants contact comfor, shows excessive discomfort when seperated, & difficult to console w/ even when reunited.
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Avoidant attachment
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Shows no interest in caregiver.
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Telegraphic speech
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Simple sequences of nouns/verbs
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Morpheme
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meaningful unit of language that makes up words
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Cognitive development
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development of thought process from childhood to adulthood
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*Stage Theory*
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Revolutionary changes in thought process.
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Schema
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Mental frameworks that guide thinking
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Assimilation
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Mental process that incorporates new info. into existing schemas
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Accomidation
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other mental process that modifies schemas in order to include new informatioin
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Object permanence
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knowledge that objects exist independently from one's own actions
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Goal-directed behavior
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Ability to keep a goal in mind as they pursue it.
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Mental representation
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ability to form internal images of objects & events
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Preoperational stage (second stage)
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Well-developed mental representation and use of language.
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Concrete Operational Stage (third stage)
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understands conservation, but not able to have abstract thoughts.
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mental operations
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solving problems by manipulating in one's mind.
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temperament
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Individual's characteristic manner/behavior/reaction
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Psychosocial stage
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New "crossroads" that require an individual to rethink his or her goals.
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Autonomy
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involves developing a sense of independence
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Industry
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Sense of confidence that characterizes the main goal
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Formal operation stage
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Ability to form abstract thoughts.
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Transition
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redefining, or transformation of one's role in life.
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