Development

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Prenatal development

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Human organism begins as a zygote and develops into a fetus

Question 2

Teratogen

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Agent, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal environment and cause harm

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Newborns

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Prefer mothers voice over fathers voice bc they become familiar with mothers voice before they’re born

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Alcohol

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Most consistently damaging teratogen

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Habituation

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Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimuli

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Piaget

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Most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development

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Schema

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Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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Accommodation

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Adjusting current schemes to make sense of new info

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Assimilation

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Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas

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Object permanence

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The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not present

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Conservation

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Principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the form of the object

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Egocentrism

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In Piagets theory, the preparational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view

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Theory of mind

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Peoples ideas about their own and others’ mental states

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Autism

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Marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others states of mind;impaired theory of mind

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Concrete operational stage

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Piagets theory: the stage of cognitive development (7-11) during which the child can gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events

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Attachment

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Powerful survival impulse that leads infants to seek closeness to their caregiver

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Secure attachment

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Providing children with a safe haven in times of stress

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Familiarity

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Important in developing emotional bonds between a infant and their mom

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Imprinting

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Process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life

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Insecure attachment

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Infants that are less likely to explore their sorrounding when mom is gone bc they cling to their mom

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Basic trust

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Erikson: sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy, formed during infancy by appropriate experiences w responsive caregivers

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Responsive parenting

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Results from a basic trust during infancy

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Self awareness

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When the child can recognize themself in the mirror

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Authoritative

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Both demanding and responsive

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Developmental Physcology

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Studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan

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Primary sex characteristics

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Body structures that enable reproduction

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Menarche

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First menstrual period

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Pre conventional morality

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Before age 9, morality Usually evolves to a more conventional level of self interest To obey either to avoid punishment or to gain rewards

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Post conventional

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Affirms people's agreed upon rights or follows what one personally perceives as basic ethical principles

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Identity

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Ones sense of self

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Menopause

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Reduction in estrogen

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Crystallized intelligence

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Refers to a persons accumulated knowledge and verbal skills