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progression from an undifferentiated state to a
differentiated state, perhaps in a series of stages in order |
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people of different ages are compared with one
another |
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the same people are restudied and retested over a-1orlg
period |
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how much development influenced by our genes and
how much by our experience |
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is development gradual or continuous or does it
proceed through a sequence of separate stages |
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do our early personality traits persist through life, or
do we become different persons as we age |
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- Consists of mental adaptations to new observations and experiences
- Assimilation: absorbing new information into existing cognitive structures
(schemas)
- Accommodation: Modifying existing schemas and/or new ones |
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| Piagets Stages of Development |
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Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational |
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being able to act quickly, able to think on your
feet |
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| Crystallized intelligence |
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not able to think quickly but intelligence
Increases |
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| social/personality development |
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Monkey will go to cuddly fake mom even if it does not provide food for
comfort instead of the cold wire monkey that provides food |
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process by which children learn the abilities, interests,
personality traits and behaviors associated with being masculine or
feminine in their culture |
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the sense of being male or female; it is independent of
whatever the person conforms to social and cultural rules of gender |
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As moral development progresses, the focus of concern moves from the
self to the wider social world |
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