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Developmental Psychology
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A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span Baby, Infant, Teen, Adult |
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Zygote
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the fertilized egg, develops into embryo Beginning |
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Embryo
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The developing human organism from about 2 weeks Building |
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Fetus
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The developing human organism from 9 weeks Pregnancy |
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Teratogens |
chemicals, and virus, can cause harm to prenatal development FAS |
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FAS
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Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by drinking during pregnancy Teratogens |
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Habituation
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Decreasing response with repeated stimulation Bored of reward |
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Maturation
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Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior Teenagers |
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Cognition
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All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating Brain |
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Scheme
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A concept or framework that organizes and interprets info Category |
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Assimilation |
Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our new experiences Comprehension |
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Accommodation
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Changing schema information Correcting |
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Sensorimotor Stage
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Birth to two years old stage, infants know only sensory and motor activities Beginners |
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Object Permanence
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The awareness that things continue to exist even when not percieved Dissapearing |
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Preoperational Stage
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2 to 7 Stage, child learns language but not mental operations and logic Intermediate |
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Conservation
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Principle that mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in forms of objects Jelly Bean counter |
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Egocentrism
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Preoperational child's difficulty taking another's POV I only understand myself |
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Theory of mind
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People's ideas about their own and other's mental states Feelings, perceptions, and thoughts |
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Concrete Operational Stage
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7 to 11 Stage, children gain the mental operations and concrete logic Hard |
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Formal Operation Stage
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Teen to Adult Stage Abstract Concepts |
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Stranger Anxiety
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Fear of strangers (often comes from infants) Don't talk to strangers |
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Attachment
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Emotional tie with another person, shown by young children who want care Baby and Mother |
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Critical Period
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Optimal Period early in life of organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development Language |
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Imprinting
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Process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early life Ducks fall in love with first thing seen |
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Temperament
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Person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity Aggressive |
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Basic Trust
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Sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy Innocence |
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Self Concept
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All our thoughts and feelings of ourselves POV |
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Aggression |
Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy Mean |
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Gender Role |
Expected behaviors for males/females Men Provide |
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Role
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A set expectations about a social position, defining how we should behave Guidelines |
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Gender Identity
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Our sense of being male or female I am male |
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Social Learning Theory
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Theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and reward/punishments Classical Conditioning |
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Gender Typing
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Acquisition of traditional masculine or feminine role How we should be |
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Transgender
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Umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differs from that associated with their birth sex Wanting to Change |
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Adolescence
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Transition from childhood to adulthood Teenagers |
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Identity
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Our sense of self, solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles Mirror |
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Social identity
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The we aspect of who we are Different |
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Intimacy
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The ability to form close loving relationships, a primary task in late adolescence and early adult Love |
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Emerging Adulthood
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Period from late teens to mid twenties, becoming an adult 18 years |
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Puberty
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Period of sexual maturation, person becomes capable of reproducing Middle School |
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Primary Sex Characteristics
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The body structures that make reproduction possible Privates |
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Secondary Sex Characteristics
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Nonreproductive sexual traits Body parts |
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Menarche
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The first menstrual period Hell |
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AIDS
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A life threatening, sex disease. Depletes immune system. STDs |
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Menopause
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Time of natural cessation of menstruation Old Women |
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Cross-sectional Study
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People of different ages are compared to one another Teens to adults |
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Longitudinal Study
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Research of same people over time Case Studies |
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Social Clock
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Culturally preferred times of certain events Marriage, retirements |
