Unit 2 Psych Test

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Branch of psych that studies physical, cognitive, and social change.

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Developmental psychology

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Fertilized egg that developed into an embryo.

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Zygote

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Developing human organism from 2 weeks after fertilization

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Embryo

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Developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

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Fetus

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Agents that can cause harm to fetus or embryo

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Teratogens

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Responsiveness with repeated stimulation

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Habituation

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Biological growth process that enables changes and behaviors influenced by experience

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Maturation

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Mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, etc.

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Cognition

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Organizes and interprets info

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Schema

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Awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

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Object permanence

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Properties such as mass, volume, and number remains the same despite change in form (milk glass)

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Conservation

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Ppreoperational: child’s difficulty taking another’s POV

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Egocentrism (Piaget)

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Peoples ideas about own and others mental states.

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Theory of mind

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Offers child temporary support as they develop greater levels of thinking

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Scaffold (Vygotsky)

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Infants fear of strangers. 8 months old normally.

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Stranger anxiety

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Emotional tie with a person. Seek closeness. (Monkeys)

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Attachment

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Period in life when exposed to certain stimuli or experiences that produce normal development

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Critical period

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Certain animals form a strong attachment during early life

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Imprinting

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Sense that world is predictable and trustworthy. Formed during infancy by caregivers.

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Basic trust

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All our thought and feelings about ourselves “who am I”

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Self concept

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Transition from childhood to adulthood. Puberty

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Adolescence

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Period of sexual maturation, capable of reproducing

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Puberty

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Sense of self by testing and integrating various roles

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Identity

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The “we” aspect of our self concept.

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Social identity

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Ability to form close loving relationships. Young adulthood.

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Intimacy

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Age 18 to mid 20s when you are no longe in adolescence but haven’t achieved full independence

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Emerging adulthood

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When women stop menstruation.

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Menopause

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Research that compare people of different ages at same point in tome

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Cross sectional study

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Research that follows and retests same people overtime

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Longitudinal study

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Culturally preferred timing of social events (marriage, parenthood, retirement)

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Social clock