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Chapter 8: Development Across the Lifespan Flashcards

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1
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What is human development?

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Changes that occur in people from conception until death

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What is a longitudinal design?

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Assess the same group across time

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What is a cross-sectional design?

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Assess groups of differing ages at the same time

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What is nature?

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Biological, specifically genetic, influences on development

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What is nuture?

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Environmental and experimental influences on development

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What is genetics?

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The science of heredity

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What is DNA?

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Molecule that contains genetic material, double helix

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What are genes?

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Sections of DNA

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What are chromosomes?

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Strand of genes

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How many pairs of chromosomes do we have?

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23 pairs, 46 total

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How many pairs of autosome chromosomes do we have?

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22 pairs

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How many pairs of sex chromosomes do we have?

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1 pair

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What are the female chromosomes?

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XX

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What are the male chromosomes?

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XY

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What are genetic traits?

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Characteristics determined by genes (ex: eye color)

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What is a genotype?

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Genetic endowment (Aa)

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When is a phenotype?

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How those genes are expressed (brown eyes)

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What is a dominant trait?

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Genes that are always expressed (A)

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What is a recessive trait?

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Genes that will only be expressed when both genes in the pair are the same (aa)

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What is a zygote?

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Fertilized egg

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What is the germinal period?

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0-2 weeks, zygote implants itself into the wall of the uterus, placenta and umbilical cord developed

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What is the embryo period?

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2-8 weeks, major organs and structures develop, vulnerable to teratogens (alcohol, caffeine, marijuana)

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What is the fetal period?

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9 weeks to birth, growth of baby

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What are reflexes?

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Innate, involuntary behavior patterns

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What is the most fully developed sense of a baby?

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Touch

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____ voices are preferred over other sounds

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Human

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27
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What smells do babies prefer?

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Their own mother

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What is the least developed sense of a baby?

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Vision

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29
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Babies prefer ____ patterns like faces

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Complex

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30
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When do babies lift their heads up?

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At 2 months

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31
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When do babies roll over?

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At 2.5 months

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32
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When do babies sit propped up?

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At 3 months

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33
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When do babies sit without support?

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At 6 months

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34
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When do babies stand holding on?

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At 6.5 months

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When do babies walk holding on?

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At 9 months

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36
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What is Piaget’s theory of a schema?

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Mental framework (apple is red and round)

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What is Piaget’s theory of assimilation?

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Fitting new objects, events, etc. in existing schema

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What is Piaget’s theory of accomodation?

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Modifying a schema to fit new events, objects, etc.

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What is the sensorimotor stage?

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Ages 0-2, motor skills are coordinated with sensory abilites to explore novel objects and situations

40
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What is infantile amnesia?

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Few memories under 4 years of age due to long term memory development

41
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What is object permanence?

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Understanding objects exist even when they are not in sight

42
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What is the preoperative stage?

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Ages 2-7, representation or symbolic thought and onset of language development

43
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What is egocentrism?

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Inability to see world from any perspective but one’s own

44
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What is transductive reasoning?

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Believing that if two events occur together, one must cause the other

45
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Give an example of transductive reasoning

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Child hears dog bark and sees a train, child may think the train comes because the dog barks

46
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What is centration of attention?

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Focus on one aspect of a situation at a time

47
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What is states vs processes?

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Focus on current conditions without thinking of transitions

48
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What is irreversibility of thought?

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Can’t think backwards from a present state to a previous state

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What is the concrete operations stage?

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Ages 7-12, logical but only about concrete concepts, can do conservation and classification tasks

50
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What is metacognition?

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Thinking about one’s own thought processes

51
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What is the formal operations stage?

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Ages 12-adulthood, hypothetical reasoning and abstract possibilities

52
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What is Vygotsky’s view?

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The interaction of nature vs nuture, readiness to learn falls in the “zone of proximal development”

53
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What is temperament?

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Characteristic ways of responding to the environment that vary from infant to infant

54
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Give 4 types of temperament

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Easy, slow to warm up, difficult, other temperaments

55
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What is attachment?

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Strong, specific emotional bond between an infant and a caregiver

56
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What are the 4 attachment styles of Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Test?

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Secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized-disoriented

57
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What is the secure attachment style?

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Strong preference for caregivers, but not for over-dependence

58
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What is the avoidant attachment style?

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Unresponsive to caregiver’s departure or return; no interaction with stranger

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What is the ambivalent attachment style?

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Seek and then avoid caregiver; upset by stranger

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What is the disorganized-disoriented attachment style?

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Fearful, dazed, and depressed

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What are Erikson’s 4 theories?

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Trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, and industry vs. inferiority

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What is the Trust vs. mistrust theory?

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Ages 0-1, based on their needs being met

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What is the Autonomy vs. shame and doubt theory?

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Ages 1-3, self-sufficiency

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What is the Initiative vs. guilt theory?

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Ages 3-5, social skills

65
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What is the Industry vs. inferiority?

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Ages 5-12, new skills and knowledge

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What is self-concept?

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The way in which we view ourselves

67
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What is self-understanding?

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The perception of ourselves (our likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses)

68
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What is self-esteem?

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How much we value ourselves

69
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What is gender identity?

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Our beliefs about proper behavior and attitudes for men and women

70
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What is puberty?

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Physical onset of sexual maturity

71
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What is adolescence?

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Culturally-determined state between childhood and adulthood

72
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What is personal fable?

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Adolescents tend to believe their thoughts and feelings are unique, causing them to feel “special,” leads to risk taking

73
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What is imaginary audience?

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Strong focus oneself leads adolescents to feel that everyone else is focused on them too

74
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What are the 3 levels of moral development?

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Pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional

75
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What is the pre-conventional level?

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Right and wrong are judged in terms of reward and punishment

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What is conventional level?

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Right and wrong are judged in terms of societal good

77
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What is post-conventional level?

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Morality is judged on universal principles

78
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What does physical development look like in your 20’s?

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Peak of physical health

79
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What does physical development look like in your 30’s?

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Signs of aging

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What does physical development look like in your 40’s?

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Visual problems, weight increase, strength and height decrease

81
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What does physical development look like in your 50’s?

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Menopause and symptoms of andropause

82
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What are the leading causes of death in middle age?

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Heart disease, cancer, and strokes

83
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What is fluid intelligence?

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Attention and memory capacity, declines with age

84
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What is crystalized intelligence?

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Accumulated information and vocabulary, improves with age

85
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What are Erikson’s 3 stages of adulthood?

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Intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair

86
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What is the Intimacy vs. isolation theory?

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Young adults

87
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What is the Generativity vs. stagnation theory?

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Middle age

88
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What is the Integrity vs. despair theory?

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Old age

89
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What are the 4 characteristics of Identity vs. Role Confusion?

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Achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion

90
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What is achievement?

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Successful resolution of crisis

91
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What is moratorium?

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In the midst of crisis that has not yet been resolved

92
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What is foreclosure?

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Identity assumed without going through crisis

93
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What is diffusion?

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No identity and no interest in searching for one

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