Chapter 10 - Phys. Cog. & Lang. Development

Question 1

study the physical, cognitive, and social changes that people experience throughout their lives

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developmental psychologists

Question 2

track how individuals change as they age

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age changes

Question 3

consider how people of varying ages differ from one another

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age differences

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consist of research conducted in order to establish norms

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normative investigations

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amount of time that has passed since a person was born

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chronological age

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point at which someone falls among developmental stages

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developmental age; not necessarily related to chronological age

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collect data from different individuals at different ages in order to track age differences

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cross-sectional data

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collect data from the same individuals over a period of time to track age changes

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longitudinal studies

Question 9

immature eggs

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ova

Question 10

toxic substances that cross the placenta and may cause birth defects

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teratogens

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consists of physical and cognitive abnormalities in children resulting from a mother’s heavy drinking

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fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

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emergent ability to execute physical actions

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motor development

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tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from top to bottom

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cephalocaudal rule

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tendency from motor skills to emerge in sequence from inside to outside

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proximodistal rule

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period of transition from childhood to adulthood

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adolescence

Question 16

period in which a person’s body goes through the changes that allow him or her to reproduce

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puberty

Question 17

sexual organs and traits that develop at puberty and are not directly involved in reproduction

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secondary sex characteristics

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sexual organs that are present at birth and are directly involved in human reproduction

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primary sex characteristics

Question 19

refers to a girl’s first menstruation

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menarche

Question 20

refers to a boy’s first ejaculation

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spermarche

Question 21

end of the menstrual cycles and ability to bear children

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menopause

Question 22

described gradual sexual changes in men as they age that include declines in sperm count, testosterone level, and speed of erection and ejaculation

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andropause

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consists of mental activities associated with sensation, perception, thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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cognition

Question 24

described decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated exposure to that stimulus

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habituation

Question 25

concepts or frameworks around which people organize and interpret information

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schemas

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process in which a person processes new experiences in terms of existing schemas

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assimilation

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process in which a person adjusts and refines his or her schemas based on new information

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accommodation

Question 28

refers to the difference between what a child can do alone versus what a child can do together with a more competent person

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zone of proximal development

Question 29

described a behavior in which a baby looks in an adult’s eyes, follow the adult’s gaze, and then directs his or her own gaze toward whatever the adult is looking at

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joint visual attention

Question 30

skill or organizing information and beliefs into a series of steps leading to a conclusion

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reason

Question 31

remembering to perform a specific action

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prospective memory

Question 32

groups of people raised during the same time period

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cohorts

Question 33

smallest meaningful units of language that represent the objects, events, ideas, characteristics, and relationships in that language’s vocabulary

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morphemes

Question 34

elementary vowel and consonant sounds that combine to form morphemes

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phonemes

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refers to how phonemes may be arranged to produce morphemes

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phonology

Question 36

refers to how morphemes may be arranges to form words

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morphology

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refers to how words may be arranged to produce phrases and sentences

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syntax

Question 38

described the relatively broad use of common nouns

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overextended

Question 39

described the relatively narrow use of common nouns

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underextended

Question 40

words that have meaning

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content words

Question 41

words that provide structure

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grammatical words

Question 42

theoretical mechanism that provides children with an inherent foundation for the principles of universal grammar

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language acquisition device (LAD)

Question 43

the social environment into which a baby is born

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language-acquisition support system (LASS)