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Chapter 5 Human Development
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2008

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Androgyny
Definition
Ability to display both male and femal characteristics
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Attachment
Definition
long term feeling of closeness between people. such as a child and caregiver
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Authoritarian Parents
Definition
those who exert firm controls on their children. Generally without explaining the reason for the rules and without providing much warmth
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Authoritative Parents
Definition
those who are demanding and impose firm controls but who are also warm and responsive to the childs communications
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Conservation
Definition
concept that objects retain their weight, volume and certain properties in spite of changes in their shape or arrangment
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Cross- sectional study
Definition
study of groups of individuals of different ages all at the same time.
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Dizygotic Twins (Faternal Twins)
Definition
twins who develop from two eggs fertilized by two different sperm
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Egocentric
Definition
not taking the perspective of another person; tending to view the world as centered around ones self
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Erik Erikson's Stages
Definition

Infancy- Trust vs.Mistrust

Toddler- Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

Preschooler- Initiative vs. Guilt

Elementry School- Competence vs. Inferiority

Adolescence- Identity vs. Role Confusion

Young Adulthood(20's-40's)- Intimacy vs. Isolation

Middle Adulthood(40's-60's)- Generativity vs. Stagnation

Late Adulthood(60's-up)- Integrity vs. Despair

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Definition
Condtion marked by stunted growth of the head and body; malformations of the face, heart, and ears; and mental retardation
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Fetus
Definition

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.

Zygote-Embryo-Fetus

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Longitudinal Study
Definition
Research in which the same people are restudied over a long time period.
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Midlife Transition
Definition
A time when people re asses their personal goals, set new ones and prepare for the rest of life.
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Monozygotic Twins
Definition
Twins who develop from the same fertalized egg
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Object Permanence
Definition
concept that objects continue to exist even when one does not see, hear, or otherwise sense them.
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Permissive Parents
Definition
those who are warm and loving but undemanding
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Phenylketonuria

(PKU)

Definition
An inherited disorder in which a person lacks chemical reactions that convert a nutrient called phenylalanine into other chemicals. unless a diet is carefully controlled the person will become mentally retarded
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Jean Piaget's Stages
Definition

Sensory Motor Stage-Birth to 2 years

Preoperational Stage- 2 years to 7 years

Concrete Oper. Stage- 7 years to 11

Formal Oper. Stage- Age 12+

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Schema
Definition
organized way of interacting with objects in the world
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Sensorimotor Stage
Definition
The first stage of intellectual development
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Temperament
Definition
peoples tendency to be either active or inactive, outgoing or reserved, and to respond vigorously or quietly to new stimuli
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X Chromosome
Definition
sex chromosome; females have two per cell, and males only one
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Y Chromosome
Definition
sex chromosomes, males have one per cell. femalse have none
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Zygote
Definition
fertalized egg cell
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