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| fertilized egg, it enters a two week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo |
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| the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month |
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| the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception of birth |
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| beginning to crawl, walk, etc. |
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babies and kids don't know less, they just think differently than adults, they reason w/ logic
attachment keeps babies close to care givers, infants become attached to what they have the most body contact with, could be a blanket (like monkey exp.) familiarity is the other key to attachment |
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| when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development, shortly after birth |
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| imprinting (critical period) |
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| when certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life. the imprinting of how they will see and interact with the world. |
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| around age 12, finding a sense of one's own identity and personal worth of childhood. |
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| primary sex charasteristics |
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| the structures (ovaries, testes) that make sexual reproduction possible |
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| secondary sex charasteristics |
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| non-reproductive characteristics, such as breasts, hips, body hair. |
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| pre-conventional morality |
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before age 9, they obey to avoid punishment or
be rewarded |
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| the ending of the menstrual cycle, reduction of estrogen, usually around 50 years of age |
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associated with acetylcholine
case of dementia where people slowly lose remembrance of self, and past occurrences |
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