Psychology Exam (Chp. 10)

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accommodation

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the process by which a schema is changed to incorporate a new experience that does not easily fit into an existing schema

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anxious-ambivalent attachment

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attachment style in which infants become extremely upset when their caregiver leaves but reject the caregiver when he or she returns

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assimilation

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the process by which a new experience is placed into an existing schema

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attachment

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a strong emotional connection that persists over time and across circumstances

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avoidant attachment

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attachment style in which infants ignore their caregiver when he or she returns after a brief separation

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concrete operational stage

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the 3rd stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which children begin to think about and understand operations in ways that are reversible

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conventional level

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middle stage of moral development, in which rules and the approval of other determines what is moral

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disorganized attachment

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attachment style in which infants give mixed responses when their caregiver leaves and then returns from a short absence

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formal operational stage

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the final stage in Piaget's theoy of cognitive development; it involves the ability to think abstractly and to formulate and test hypotheses through deductive logic

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object permanence

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the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it cannot be seen

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postconventional level

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highest stage of moral development, in which decisions a bout morality depend on abstract principles

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preconventional level

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earliest level of moral development, in which self-interest determines what is moral

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preoperational stage

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the second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which children think symbolically about objects, but reason is based on appearance rather than logic

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secure attachment

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attachment style for a majority of infants, who are readily comforted when their caregiver returns after a brief separation

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sensorimotor stage

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the first stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, during which infants acquire information about the world through their senses and respond reflexively