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| Study of age-related changes in behavior and mental process from conception to death. |
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A period of special sensitivity to specific types of learning that shapes the capacity for future development.
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Measures individuals of various ages at one point in time and give information about age difference.
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Measures a single individual or group of individuals over an extended period and gives information about age changes.
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Environmental agent that causes damage during prenatal development.
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Development governed by automatic,genetically predetermined signals.
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Prejudice or discimination based on physical age.
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First stage of prenatal development, which begins whit conception and ends with implantation in the uterus.
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Seconds stage of prenatal development, which begins after uterine implantation and last trough the eight weeks.
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Third and final stages of prenatal development (8 weeks to birth) which is characterized by rapid weight gain in the fetus and fine detailing of the bodily organs and systems.
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Combination of birth defects, including organ deformities and mental, motor, and/or growth retardation, that results from maternal alcohol abuse.
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Biological changes during adolescence that lead to and adult-sized body and sexual maturity.
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Cognitive structures or patterns consisting of a number of organized ideas that grow a differentiate with experience.
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In Piaget's theory, adsorbing new information into existing schemas.
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In Piaget's theory adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to better fit with new information.
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| Concrete Operational Stage |
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Piaget's third stage (7-11) the child can preform mental operations on concrete objects and understand reversibility and conservation but abstract thinking is not yet present.
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Piaget's first stage (birth to two) in which schemas are developed though sensory and motor activities.
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Piagetian term for and infants understanding that objects (or people) continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched directly.
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Piaget's 2nd stage. (2-7) characterized by the ability to employ significant language and to think symbolically but the child lacks operations (reverible mental processes) and thinking is egocentric.
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The inability to consider another's point of views, which Piagets considered a hallmark of the preoperation stage.
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Strong affectional bond with special others that endures over time.
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Innate form of learning within a critical period that involves attachment to the first large moving object seen.
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