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19 Cards in this Set
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Maturation
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Automatic and sequenced process of development that results from genetic signals
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Critical period
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A stage or point in development during which a person or animal is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern
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Separation anxiety
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Anxiety shown by babies when their mother is gone
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Reflex
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Involuntary reaction or response
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Stranger anxiety
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Fear of strangers
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Authoritarian
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Parents believe in obedience
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Unconditional positive regard
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Parents show child love and accept them no matter what
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Conditional positive regard
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Parents show love only when child is good
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Assimilation
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Process by which new information is placed into categories that already exist
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Object permanence
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The understanding that objects still exist even when they can not be seen or touched
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Egocentrism
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The inability to see another persons point of view
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Preconventional moral reasoning
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Base their judgement on the consequences of behavior
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Conventional moral reasoning
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Masks judgements in terms of whether an act confronts to conventional standards of right or wrong.
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Post conventional moral reasoning
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Moral judgements reflect ones personal values, not conventional standards
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Authoritive
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Parents combine warmth with positive kinds of strictness
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Self-esteem
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The value or worth that people attract to themselves
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Developmental psychology
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The field in which psychologist study how people grow though out their lifespan
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Imprinting
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Process by which some animals form immediate attachment during a critical period
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Contact comfort
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Instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft, such as skin or fur
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