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CHAPTER 10 Vocab G-Z Flashcards

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A gradual reduction in the strength of a response when a stimulus event is presented repeatedly

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Habituation

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Careful systematic observation of one’s own conscious experience

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Introspection

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The inability to envision reversing an action

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Irreversibility

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A densely connected network of structures roughly located along the border between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas

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Limbic system

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A research design in which investigators observe one group of subjects repeatedly over a period of time

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Longitudinal design

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Development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one’s genetic blueprint

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Maturation

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The first occurrence of menstruation

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Menarche

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Subnormal general mental ability accompanied by deficiencies in everyday living skills originating prior to age 18

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Mental retardation

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Combining the statistical results of many studies of the same question, yielding an estimate of the size and consistency of a variable’s effects

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Meta-analysis

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A difficult, turbulent period of doubts and reappraisal of one’s life

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Mid-life crisis

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A person whose behavior is observed another

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Model

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The progression of muscular coordination required for physical activities

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Motor development

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Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain

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Narcotics (opiates)

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Recognizing that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible

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Object permanence

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A general tendency to expect good outcomes

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Optimism

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The release of sexual tension that occurs when arousal reaches its peak intensity and is discharged in a series of muscular contractions that pulsate through the pelvic area

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Orgasm

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A durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations

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Personality trait

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The “master gland” of the endocrine system

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Pituitary gland

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A structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass into the fetus from the other’s bloodstream and bodily wastes to pass out to the mother

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Placenta

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The period from conception to birth, usually encompassing nine months of pregnancy

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Prenatal period

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The sexual structures necessary for reproduction

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Primary sex characteristics

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Active efforts to discover what must be done to achieve a goal that is not readily available

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Problem solving

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The repository of memories for actions, skills, and operations

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Procedural memory system

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The center - outward direction of motor development

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Proximodistal trend

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The period of early adolescence marked by rapid physical growth and the development of sexual maturity

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Puberty

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The two-year span preceding puberty during which the changes leading to physical and sexual maturity take place

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Pubescence

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The process of repetitively verbalizing or thinking about information to be stored in memory

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Rehearsal

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Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction

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Secondary sex characteristics

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Sleep-inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity

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Sedatives

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General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned

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Semantic memory stem

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Emotional distress seen in many infants when they are separated from people with whom they have formed an attachment

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Separation anxiety

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The biologically based categories of male and female

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Sex

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The acquisition of the norms, roles, and behaviors expected of people in a particular society

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Socialization

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A developmental period during which characteristic patterns of behavior are exhibited and certain capacities become established

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Stage

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An individual’s characteristic mood, activity level, and emotional reactivity

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Temperament

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A one-celled organism formed by the union of a sperm and an egg

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Zygote

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