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Developmental Psychology

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Examines our physical, cognitive, and social development across the lifespan

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Cross-Sectional Study

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Comparing people of different ages

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Longitudinal Studies

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Following people across time

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Enviornment

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Every external influence, from prenatal nutrition to social support later in life

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Epigenetics

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Study of the molecular ways by which enviornments can influence gene expression (without a DNA change)

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Zygote

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Fertilized egg that enters a two-week period of rapid cell divsion and develops into an embryo

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Teratogen

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An agent, such as a chemical or virus, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Physical and mental function deficits in children cause by their birth mother’s heavy drinking

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Critical Period

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Period early in life when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences is needed for proper development

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Cognition

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All mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

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What developmental study did Lawerence Kohlberg heavily contribute to

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Moral development

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Preconventional Morality (Lawerence Kohlberg)

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Self interest; obey rules to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards

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Conventional Morality (Lawerence Kohlberg)

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Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social order

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Postconventional Morality (Lawerence Kohlberg)

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Actions reflect belief in basic rights and self defined ethical principles

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What developmental study did Eric Erikson heavily contribute to

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Psychosocial development

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Basic Trust (Eric Erikson)

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A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy

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Autonomy (Eric Erikson)

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Toddlers learn to exercise their will and do things for themselves

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Initiative (Eric Erikson)

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Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks and carry out plans

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Competence (Eric Erikson)

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Children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks

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Identity (Eric Erikson)

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One’s sense of self

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Social Identity (Eric Erikson)

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“We” aspect of one’s self concept

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Intimacy (Eric Erikson)

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The ability to form emotionally close relationships

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Generativity (Eric Erikson)

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Middle-aged people discover a sense of contributing to the world

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What developmental study did Jean Piaget heavily contribute to

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Cognitive Development

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Four Major Stages (Jean Piaget)

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Sensormotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational

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Sensorimotor Stage (Jean Piaget)

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Babies take in the world through their senses and actions - through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping

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Object Permance (Sensormotor Stage(Jean Piaget))

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Awareness that things continue to exist, even when not perceived

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Preoperational Stage (Jean Piaget)

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Able to represent things with words and images, but too young to perform mental operation

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Egocentrism (Preoperational Stage(Jean Piaget))

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A child’s difficulty in taking another’s point of view

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Concrete Operational Stage (Jean Piaget)

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Given concrete (physical) materials, children begin to grasp more complex concepts, such as spatial and mathematical relationships

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Conservation (Jean Piaget)

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Properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in shape

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Formal Operational Stage (Jean Piaget)

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Reasoning expands to include abstract thinking, not just concrete reasoning based on actual experiences

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Schema (Jean Piaget)

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Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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Assimilation (Jean Piaget)

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Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas

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Accommodation (Jean Piaget)

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Adapting current schemas to incorporate new information

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Tempermant

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Emotional excitability

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Stranger Anxiety

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Fear of strangers that infants commonly display

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Attachment

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Emotional tie with another person

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Anxious Attachment

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In which people constantly crave acceptance but remain alert to signs of possible rejection

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Avoident Attachment

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In which people experience discomfort getting close to others and tend to keep their distance

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Authoritarian

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Coercive, set rules and expect obedience

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Permissive

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Unrestraining making few demands and using little punishment

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Neglectful

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Uninvolved, neither demanding nor responsive. Careless, inattenive, and do not seek a close relationship with their children

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Authoritative

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Confrontive, both demanding and responsive. Exert control by setting rules, encourage open disscussion and allow exceptions

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Puberty

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Period of sexual maturation

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Emerging Adulthood

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Period from about age 18 to the mid-twenties
No longer adolescents, but have not yet achieved full independence as adults
May involve living with and still being emotionally dependent on parents

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Menopause

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The end of menostration

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Social Clock

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Culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement

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