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Psychology
12th Grade
09/29/2013

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Term
Developmental Psychology
Definition
The study of changes that occur as an individual matures.
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Grasping reflex
Definition
An infant's clinging response to touching near their hand.
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Rooting reflex
Definition
An infant's response to anything near it's mouth.
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Moro or startle reflex
Definition
The infant's reflexively extending their arms and legs.
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Maturation
Definition
The internally programmed growth of a child.
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Steps in physical/motor development
Definition
Rolling over, sitting, creeping, standing.
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Steps in language development
Definition
Sounds, words, grammar.
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Syntax
Definition
grammar
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Jean Piaget
Definition
4 stages of cognitive development
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Sensorimotor
Definition
Cognitive stage where a child has simple motor responses but no concept of object permanence.
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Preoperational
Definition
Cognitive stage where child has object permanence but not conservation.
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Concrete Operations
Definition
Cognitive stage where child has conservation but not abstract thinking.
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Formal Operations
Definition
Cognitive stage where child has developed abstract thinking.
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Conservation
Definition
Understanding that a units volume remains the same even if its appearance may change.
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Object permanence
Definition
Understanding that a thing doesn't disappear when covered by a blanket.
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Egocentric
Definition
Thinking only from the viewpoint of self.
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Konrad Lorenz
Definition
Developed concept of imprinting
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Harry Harlow
Definition
Developed concept of attachment
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Mary Ainsworth
Definition
Developed concept of secure and unsecure attachment
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Imprinting
Definition
inherited tendencies or responses that bind young to adults
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Critical period
Definition
Specific time period when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned.
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Parenting styles
Definition
Different ways that parents raise children
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Authoritarian
Definition
Parenting style in which parents attempt to control and shape lives of their children.
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Democratic/Authoritative
Definition
Parenting style in which parents and children participate in decisions.
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Permissive
Definition
Parenting style where parents have are non-punishing and accept children's behavior
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Uninvolved
Definition
Parenting style in which the parents remain distant from their children
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Child abuse
Definition
May include physical, mental, and sexual trauma.
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Socialization
Definition
The process of learning your culture.
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Sigmund Freud
Definition
Theory of Psychosexual Development
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Erik Erikson
Definition
Theory of Psychosocial Development
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Oral stage
Definition
Stage of infant development centered around the mouth.
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Phallic stage
Definition
Stage of infant development when children discover that boys and girls are different.
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Anal stage
Definition
Stage of infant development centered around potty training.
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Lawrence Kohlberg
Definition
Theory of Moral Development
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