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child development
Danielle Mendoza
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Psychology
Not Applicable
03/05/2011

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Teratogens

Definition
Viruses and other harmful agents that can have negative impact on prenatel development.
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Holophrase
Definition

Single words that may function as a whole sentence with different meanings.

 

Ex: Cookie " I want a cookie", "Where is the cooke"

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Imaginary Audience

Definition

Critics that adolescents conjure up exists only in thir imagination

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Personal Fable
Definition
Teenagers sense of their own uniqueness
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Formal Operational Stage
Definition

age 2-6 Children who are able to represent objects and events mentally with words and images.

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Assimilation

Definition

Integrating new information into existing scheme

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Accommodation
Definition
Modifying existing schemes and creating new ones.
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Telegraphic Speech
Definition

Short Sentences that follow a rigid word order and comtain the only three essential words.

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