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| The scientific study of age-related changes in behavior, thinking, emotion, and personality. |
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| Changes in the size, shape and characteristics of the body. |
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| Changes in thinking, memory, problem solving and other intellectual skills. |
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| Change in variables that are associated with the relationship of an individual to others. |
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| Qualitatively distinct periods of development |
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| The process of studying people in their normal environments |
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| An in-depth examination of a single individual |
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| Observation of behavior under controlled circumstances. |
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| A study that tests a causal hypothesis. |
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| The guidelines researchers follow to protect the rights of animals used in research and humans who participate in studies. |
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| average age at which developmental milestones are reached |
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| the gradual unfolding of a genetically programmed sequential pattern of change |
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| standardized tests that compare an individual child's score to the average score of others her age |
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| the debate about the relative contribution of biological processes and experiential factors to development |
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| normative age-graded changes |
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| changes that are common to every member of a species |
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| a set of age norms defining a sequence of life experiences that is considered normal in a given culture that all individuals in that culture are expected to follow |
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| a prejudicial view of older adults that characterizes them in negative ways |
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| normative history-graded changes |
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| changes that occur in most members of a cohort as a result of factors at work during a specific, well-defined historical period |
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| changes that result from unique, unshared events |
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| a specific period in development when an organism is especially sensitive to the presence (or absence) or some particular kind of experience. cp |
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| a span of months or years during which a child may be particularly responsive to specific forms of experience or particularly influenced by their absence. sp |
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| development that deviates from the typical developmental pathway in a direction harmful to the individual |
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| a detailed description of a single culture or context |
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| A researcher wants to study how exposure to toxic chemicals affects a developing human fetus. Which type of research would be best suited for this? |
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| Children's speech begins with single words before proceeding onto sentences. |
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| Which of the following is an example from your text of an inborn bias? |
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