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| studies agerelated changes in behavior and mental processes from conception to death |
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| continous and gradual vs. periods of abrupt changes followed by periods of little change |
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| characteristics maintained vs. characteristics vary over time |
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| conception to uterine implantation |
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| uterine implatation through the eighth week |
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environment agents that cause damage during prenatal development
categories:
-legal and illegal drugs
-diseases and malnutrition
-exposure to x-rays and stress |
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| Brain, Motor, Sensory/perceptual |
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| three key areas of early childhood development |
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| gradual, inevitable changes |
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| Changes due to disease, disuse, or neglect |
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| believed infants begin at a cognitively "primative" level and progress in distinct stages |
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| Most basic unit of intellect, which act as patterns that organize interactions with the environment. |
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| absorbing new information into existing schemas |
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| adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to better fit with new information |
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| (e.g., newborns can imitatr facial expressions) |
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