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| The process of attributing lifelike qualities to nonliving things; common in thoughts of young children. |
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| Adopting and incorporating characteristics of a new culture within one's practices. |
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| A type of play that emerges in preschool years when children interact with one another, engaging in similar activities and participating in groups. |
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| A strong emotional bond between people. |
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| Focus on only one particular aspect of a situation; common in thoughts of preschoolers. |
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| cephalocaudal development |
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| The process by which development proceeds from the head downward through the body and toward the feet. |
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| Speaking in separate conversations even though each person waits for the other to speak; common in speech of preschoolers. |
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| The knowledge that matter is not changed when its form is altered. |
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| A type of play that emerges in school years when children join into groups to achieve a goal or play a game. |
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| Technique used by the ego to unconsciously change reality, thereby protecting the individual from excessive anxiety. |
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| An increase in capability or function. |
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| A type of play in which a child acts out the drama of daily life. |
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| A theory of development that emphasizes the importance of interactions between the developing child and the settings in which the child lives. |
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| The realistic part of the person, which develops during infancy and searches for acceptable methods of meeting impulses. |
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| The inability to consider the perspective of another; seeing things only from one's own point of view. |
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| Use of unintelligible words with normal speech intonations as if truly communicating in words; common in toddlerhood. |
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| Words a young child can speak; usually less than the child is able to understand (receptive speech). |
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| An increase in physical size. |
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| The basic sexual energy that is present at birth and drives the individual to seek pleasure. |
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| The belief of young children that events occur because of their thoughts or wishes. |
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| Permanent changes in the fetus' genetic material. |
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| The genetic or hereditary capability of an individual. |
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| The effects of environment on an individual's performance. |
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| The knowledge that an object or person continues to exist when not seen, heard, or felt. |
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| A type of play that emerges in toddlerhood when children play side by side but demonstrate little or no social interaction. |
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| Characteristics of a child and family that provide strength and assistance in dealing with a crisis. |
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| proximodistal development |
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| The process by which development proceeds from the center of the body outward to the extremities. |
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| Period of life when the ability to reproduce sexually begins, characterized by maturation of the genital organs, development of the secondary sex characteristics, and the onset of menstruation in females. |
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| The ability to understand words. |
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| The ability to function with healthy responses, even during significant stress and adversity. |
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| Characteristics of a child or family that promote or contribute to health system challenges. |
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| A person's belief that he or she can change behavior to produce a desired outcome. |
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| Playing alone, with one's self. |
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| A moral and ethical system that develops in childhood and contains a set of values and conscience. |
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| Abnormal development of the fetus. |
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| Connecting two events in a cause-effect relationship simply because they occur together in time; common in thoughts of preschoolers. |
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