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39 Cards in this Set
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study of changes in behavior from conception to death
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developmental psychology
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heredity and environment are interacting and inseparable factors in development
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true
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genetic transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parents to offspring
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heredity
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uniting of egg and sperm
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conception
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how many chromosomes in the nucleus of every human cell?
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46
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part of a chromosome that contains instructions that affect a particular process or personal characteristic
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gene
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controlled by the expression of many genes working together in combination
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polygenic characteristic
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overall pattern of physical development from conception to death
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human growth sequence
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germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods make up what period?
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prenatal
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which period is characterized by marked physiological and psychological deterioration
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senescence
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low birth weight, small head, bodily defects
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fetal alcohol syndrome
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time during which certain events must take place for normal development to occur
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sensitive period
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lack of normal stimulation, nutrition, comfort, or love
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deprivation
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inherited physical core of one's personality
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temperament
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moody, intense, easily angered
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difficult children
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a person's developmental level is determined by heredity, environment, and the individuals own behavior
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true
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grasping, rooting, sucking reflexes of infants
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adaptive reflexes
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what age can infants imitate actions a day after seeing them?
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nine months
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according to jerome kagan, children seem to prefer unfamiliar faces and unusual objects at what age?
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24 months
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according to bridges, all basic human emotions appear before the age of?
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two years
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development of self awareness, attachment to parents or caregivers, and relationships with other children and adults
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social development
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infants securely attached by the age of one year showed more curiosity and problem-solving ability in preschool
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true
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effects of 3 major parental styles, authoritarian, overly permissive, and authoritative have been studied by?
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Diane Baumrind
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terrible twos, typical behavior is...
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oppositional
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according to chomsky, humans have a ____ to develop language
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biological predisposition
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Piaget is best known for studying?
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cognitive development
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central Piaget's theory of development
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assimilation and accommodation
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Piaget's first stage of development
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sensorimotor period
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major developments during the sensorimotor stage is
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object permanence
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cognitive stage in which children learn to think symbolically and to use language
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preoperational
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concepts of reversibility and conservation
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concrete operational stage
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true intellectual enrichment respects the child's interests
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true
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Lev Vygotsky believed that cognitive development is strongly influenced by
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social and cultural factors
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range of tasks a child cannot master alone but that can accomplish with guidance
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zone of proximal development
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known for developing a theory of moral development
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Lawrence Kohlberg
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we learn moral values through
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thinking and reasoning
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Erikson felt that each stage of development was distinguished by
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psychosocial dilemma
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infants who receive inadequate or unpredictable care or have parents who are cold, indifferent, or rejecting tend to develop
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mistrust
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giving a child freedom to play, to use imagination, and to choose activities fosters...
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initiative
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