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Developmental Psych
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
01/18/2014

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qualitative change
Definition
a change in kind or type
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cognitive domain
Definition
changes in thinking, memory, problem solving and intellectual skills
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norms
Definition
average ages at which developmental milestones are reached
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neonate
Definition
term for babies between birth and one month of age
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teratogens
Definition
substances such as viruses and drugs that can cause birth defects
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neurons
Definition
specialized cells of the nervous system
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viability
Definition
ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb
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knowledge
Definition
power
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phenotype
Definition
an individual's particular set of observed characteristics
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genotype
Definition
the unique genetic blueprint of each individual
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DNA
Definition
chemical material that makes up chromosones and genes
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zygote
Definition
single celled created when sperm and ovum unite
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eclecticism
Definition
the use of multiple theoretical perspectives to explain and study human development
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assimilation
Definition
the process of using a scheme to make sense of an event or an experience
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accomidation
Definition
changing a scheme as a result of new information
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awareness
Definition
power squared
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cognitive theories
Definition
theories that emphasizes mental process and development such as logic and memory
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extinction
Definition
the gradual elimination of a behavior through repetition
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critical thinking
Definition
the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improve it
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operant conditioning
Definition
learning to repeat or stop behaviors because of their consequences
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classical conditioning
Definition
learning that results from the association of stimuli
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psychosexual stages
Definition
Frued's five stages of personality development through which children move in a fixed sequence determined by maturation, the labido is centered in a different body part in each stage.
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EGO
Definition
according to Freud, the thinking element of personality
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ID
Definition
in Frued's theory, the part of the personality that comprises a person's basic sexual and agressive impulses, it contains the libido and motivates a person to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
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Psychoanalytic Theories
Definition
theories proposing that developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behavior.
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Social Clock
Definition
a set of age norms defining a sequence of the experiences that is considered to be normal in a give culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to follow.
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Longitudinal Design
Definition
a research design in which people in a single group are studied at different times in their lives.
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Dependant Variable
Definition
the characteristics or behavior that is expected to be effected by the independent variable.
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quantitive change
Definition
change in amount
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correlation
Definition
a relationship between two variables that can be expressed as a number ranging from -1.00 to +1.00
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critical period
Definition
a specific period in development when an organism is especially sensitive to the presence or absence to a particular type of experiencfe.
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sensitive period
Definition
a span of months or years in which a child may be particularly responsive to specific forms of experience or particularly influenced by their absence.
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