Chapter 4

Question 0

Embryo

Answer 0

Developing human organism

Question 1

Zygote

Answer 1

Fertilized egg

Question 2

Fetus

Answer 2

Developing human organism from 9 weeks

Question 3

Habituation

Answer 3

Decreasing responsiveness to repeated stimulation

Question 4

Maturation

Answer 4

Biological growth processes that allows orderly changes in behavior

Question 5

Cognition

Answer 5

Mental activities associated with thinking,knowing and remembering

Question 6

Object permanence

Answer 6

Awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

Question 7

Conservation

Answer 7

Idea that mass, volume and numbers stay the same despite object changes

Question 8

Theory of mind

Answer 8

People’s ideas about their own and others mental states

Question 9

Imprinting

Answer 9

Animals form attachments during a crucial period early on in life

Question 10

Self concept

Answer 10

A sense of ones identity and personal worth

Question 11

Puberty

Answer 11

Period of sexual maturation when a person is able to reproduce

Question 12

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 12

Body structures that make sexual reproduction possible

Question 13

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 13

Non reproductive sexual characteristics

Question 14

Social clock

Answer 14

Culturally preferred timing of social events like marriage or parenthood