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Psychology
11th Grade
01/21/2006

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Term
developmental psychology
Definition
a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.
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maturation
Definition
biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.
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schema
Definition
a concept or framework taht organizes and interprets information
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assimilation
Definition
interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas
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accommodation
Definition
adapting one's current understandings to incorporate new information
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Sensorimotor Stage
Definition
birth to 2 yrs, experiencing the world through senses and actions; object permanence, stranger anxiety
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Preoperational Stage
Definition
2-6 yrs, representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning; pretend play, egocentrism, language development
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Concrete Operational Stage
Definition
7-11 yrs., thinking logically about concrete events; grasping concrete analogies and performing artihmetical operations; conservation, mathematical transormations
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Formal Operational Stage
Definition
12- adulthood, abstract reasoning; abstract logic, potential for mature moral reasoning.
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theory of mind
Definition
people's ideas about their own and others' mental states-- about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts and the behavior these might predict
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imprinting
Definition
the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.
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primary sex characteristics
Definition
the body structures that make sexual reproduction possible
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secondary sex characteristics
Definition
nonreproductive sexual characteristics
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menarche
Definition
the first menstrual period.
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preconventional morality
Definition
before age 9; they obey either to avoid punishment or tto gain concrete rewards
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conventional morality
Definition
social rules, upholds laws, being able to take others' perspectives.
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postconventional morality
Definition
the abstract reasoning of formal operation thought, affirms people's agreed-upon rights or follows what one personally perceives as basic ethical principles.
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cross-sectional study
Definition
a study in which people of different ages are compare with one another
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longitudinal study
Definition
research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.
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