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| All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. |
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| Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information |
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| interpreting ones new experience in terms of ones existing schemas |
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| adapting ones current understanding(schemas) to incorporate new information |
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| in Piaget's theory, the stage during which nfants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities |
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| the awareness that things continue to exist even when not percieved |
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| the stage in which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic |
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| the principle that properties such as mass,volume,and number remain the same despite changes in form or appearance |
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| the pre-operational child's difficulty taking anothers point of view |
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| peoples ideas about their own and others mental states-about their feelings perceptions, and thoughts, and the behavior these might predict. |
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| Concrete Operational Stage |
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| the stage of cognitive development during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events |
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| the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts |
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| a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others states of mind |
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| the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months |
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| an emotional tie with another person;shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on seperation |
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| an optimal period shortly after birth when an organisms exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produce proper development |
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| the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life |
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| according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy;formed during infancy by appropriate experiences |
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| according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy;formed during infancy by appropriate experiences |
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| the transition period from childhood to adulthood |
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| the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing |
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| Primary Sex Characteristics |
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| the body structures that make dirty sex possible |
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| Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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| Non reproductive sexual characteristics such as titties and hips, male voice and pubes |
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| the ability to form close loving relationships |
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