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The Human Puzzle Chapter 7 Study Material

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Definition
Accommodation   show
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show Words actually used in speech.  
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show Each of two corresponding forms of a gene, one being inherited from each parent.  
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Animistic Thinking   show
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Artificial Insemination   show
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show In Piaget’s theory, the act of incorporating objects or aspects of objects into previously learned activities. The exercising of previously learned responses.  
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Chromosomes   show
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Conception   show
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show A Piagetian term implying that certain quantitative attributes of objects remain unchanged unless something is added to or taken away from them.  
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show Engaging in waking dreams or reveries that are mainly under the dreamer’s control.  
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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)   show
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show A type of temperament characterized by irregularity with respect to things like eating, sleeping, and toilet functions; withdrawal from unfamiliar situations; slow adaptation to change; and intense as well as negative moods.  
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show Twins that result from two separate eggs and that are therefore fraternal (nonidentical).  
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Dominant Gene   show
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show Interactions involving two individuals.  
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Easy Infants   show
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show Based on Latin words for self (ego) and center—hence a self-centered behavior, attitude, or personality characteristic. Egocentric thought is characterized by an inability to assume an objective point of view.  
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show The developing fetus, between 2 and 8 weeks after conception.  
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Fallopian Tube   show
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Fast Mapping   show
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show The carriers of heredity.  
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show Genetic makeup. The assortment of genes that compose the individuals genetic code  
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show Hormone-producing sex glands. Testes in the male; ovaries in the female.  
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show A word the child uses to convey as much meaning as an adult would convey with a much longer phrase.  
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Identity    show
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Imaginary Audience    show
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Imaginary Playmate   show
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In Vitro Fertilization   show
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Infancy   show
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show Thought based on immediate comprehension rather than logical processes.  
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show Thinking, often characteristic of preschoolers and young children, that is not entirely logical or scientifically valid, but rather inventive and surprising and sometimes bizarre— hence magical.  
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show A girl’s first menstrual period.  
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Monozygotic Twins   show
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show The debate over whether heredity or environment is most influential in determining develop-mental outcomes.  
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show Piaget’s expression fora child’s understanding that the world is composed of objects that continue to exist when they aren’t being sensed.  
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Operation   show
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Ovum   show
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show Words that are understood but that may not actually be used in speech.  
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Personal Fable   show
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Phenotype   show
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Placenta   show
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show Activities with no goal other than the enjoyment derived from them.  
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show The infant’s first word-like sounds used to signify a specific person or object.  
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show Erikson’s phrase to describe human development as a sequence of stages involving the resolution of crises that are mainly social.  
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Puberty   show
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Pubescence    show
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show A gene whose characteristics are not manifested in offspring when paired with the corresponding dominant gene.  
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Schema (Also Scheme or Schemata)    show
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show First stage of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. It describes how infants understand their world. They understand their world mainly in terms of the activities they perform and the sensations that result.  
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show A chromosome in sperm and egg cells responsible for determining the sex of the offspring.  
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show Defects due to the action of a gene located on the sex chromosome, most often on the X chromosome, and most often manifested in males.  
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show An infant temperament type marked by low activity level; high initial withdrawal from the unfamiliar; slow adaptation to change; and a somewhat negative mood, with moderate or low intensity of reaction.  
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show The process of learning behaviors that are appropriate and inappropriate for a given culture.  
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Sperm Cell   show
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show A characteristic way of thinking or behaving.  
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show A type of logical thinking in which an inference is made about the relationship of two objects or events by comparing them with a third rather than by comparing them directly.  
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show A long, thick cord attached to the placenta at one end and to what will be the child’s navel at the other.  
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Uterus   show
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show A fertilized egg cell (ovum), formed from the union of sperm and ovum, consisting of 46 chromosomes.  
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