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CHAPTER 10 Vocab A-G Flashcards

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Changing existing mental structures to explain new experiences

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Accomodation

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The age at which a baby can survive in the event of premature birth

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Age of Viability

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The principal class of gonadal hormones in males

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Androgens

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The belief that all things are living

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Animism

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Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing mental structures without changing them

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Assimilation

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A close, emotional bond of affection between infants and their caregivers

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Attachent

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An in-depth investigation of an individual subject

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Case study

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The tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects

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Centration

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The head-to-foot direction of motor development

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Cephalocaudal trend

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Threadlike strands of DNA molecules that carry genetic info

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Chromosomes

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Transitions in youngster’ patterns of thinking, including reasoning, remembering and problem solving

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Cognitive development

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An intent to maintain a relationship in spite of the difficulties and costs that may arise

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Commitment

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Piaget’s term for the awareness that physical quantities remain constant in spite of changes in their shape or appearance

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Conservation

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The structure that connects the two cerebral hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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A research design in which investigators compare groups of subjects of differing age who are observed at a single point in time

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Cross-sectional design

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One’s ability to apply acquired skills and knowledge in problem solving

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Crystallized intelligence

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An abnormal conditioned marked by multiple cognitive defects that include memory impairment

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Dementia

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The sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death

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Development

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The average age at which individuals display various behaviors and abilites

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Developmental norms

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An increase in the strength of a habituated response elicited by a new stimulus

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Disinhabitation

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A limited ability to share another person’s viewpoint

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Egocentrism

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The second stage of prenatal development, lasting from two weeks until the end of the second month

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Embryonic stage

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A subjective conscious experience (cognitive component) accompanied by bodily arousal (physiological component) and by characteristic overt expressions (behavioral component)

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Emotion

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Chronological or temporally dated recollections of personal experiences

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Episodic memory system

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The principal class of gonadal hormones in females

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Estrogens

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A sequence of stages that families tend to progress through

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Family life ccle

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A collection of congenital (inborn) problems associated with excessive alcohol use during pregnancy

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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The third stage of prenatal development, lasting from two months though birth

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Fetal stage

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A physiological reaction to threat in which the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the organism for attacking or fleeing

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Fight-or-Flight response

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One’s reasoning ability, memory capacity, and speed of information processing

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Fluid intelligence

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Culturally constructed distinctions between masculinity and femininity

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Gender

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Actual disparities between the sexes in typical behavior or average ability

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Gender differences

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Expectations about what is appropriate behavior for each sex

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Gender roles

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Widely held beliefs about males’ and females’ abilities, personality traits, and behavior

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Gender stereotypes

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DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission

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Genes

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The first phase of prenatal development, encompassing the first two weeks after conception

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Germinal stage

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