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| One cell organism formed by the union of sperm and egg. |
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| the first phase of prenatal development, encompassing the first two weeks after conception. |
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| second stage of prenatal development. lasts from two weeks to two months |
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| Third stage of prenatal development. Lasts until birth. |
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| age that a baby can survive outside of the womb. |
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| the head-to-foot direction of motor development |
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| Proximodistal trend of motor development |
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| centeroutward direction of motor development in babies. |
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| investigators observe one group of participants over an extended period of time. |
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| Investigators compare groups of participants of a differing age at one point in time. |
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| Cohort effects occur when... |
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| differences between age groups are due to the groups growing up in different time periods. |
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| secure, anxious-ambivalent/resistant, aviodant |
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| period during which characteristics patters of behavior are exhibited and certain capacities become established. |
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| Erickson's Developmental Theory |
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| 8 stages over a lifetime. two alternative traits in each psychological crisis |
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| Piaget's Developmental Theory |
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| Divided into FOUR stages. sensorimotor, preoporational, concrete operational, and formal operational. |
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| What happens in the sensorimotor period? |
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| development of object permanence, coordination of sensory input and motor responses |
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| What happens during the Preoperational Period? |
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| development of symbolic thought, egocentration |
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| What happens during the concrete operational period? |
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| mental operations are applied to concrete events. heirachical classification. mastery of conservation |
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| What happens during the formal operational period? |
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| logical and systematic thinking |
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| term for the awareness that physical quantities remain constant in spite of changes in their shape of appearance. |
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| tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects. |
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| inability to envision reversing an action |
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| Belief that all things are living. (why is the wind angry?) |
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| Zone of Proximal Development |
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| the gap between what a learner can accomplish alone and what he or she can achieve with guidance from more skilled partners |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| physical features that distinguish one sex from another, but aren't essential for reproduction |
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| primary sex characteristics |
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| the structures necessary for reproduction |
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| Maria's FOUR Identity statuses |
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| identity diffusion(appathy no commitment to an ideology), identity forclosure (premature commitment to things), identity moratorium (delaying commitment to experience other options), identity achievement (arriving at a sense of self) |
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| fluid intelligence is ______ crystalized memory |
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| culturally constructed distinctions between femininity and masculinity |
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| acqusistion of the norms and behaviors expected of people in a particular society |
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