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Bell West / Developing through the Life Span

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show A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughtout the life span.  
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zygote   show
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embryo   show
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fetus   show
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teratogens   show
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fetal alcohol syndrome   show
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habituation   show
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show Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.  
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show All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.  
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show A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.  
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show Interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas.  
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show Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information.  
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show In Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities.  
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object permanence   show
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preoperational stage   show
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conservation   show
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show In Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view.  
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theory of mind   show
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concrete operational stage   show
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show In piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive developing (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts.  
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show A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' state of mind.  
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stranger anxiety   show
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show An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the careegiver and showing distress on separation.  
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critical period   show
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show The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.  
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show According to Erik Erikson a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers.  
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show Our understanding and evaluation of who we are.  
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adolescence   show
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puberty   show
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show The body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible.  
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secondary sex characteristics   show
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menarche   show
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show Our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.  
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show The "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "Who am I/" that comes from our group memberships.  
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show In erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood.  
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emerging adulthood   show
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show the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines.  
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show A study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.  
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show Research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.  
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show Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.  
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show The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.  
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fluid intelligence   show
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