Unit 3 Flashcards
Embryo
Cells attach to uterine wall
Zygote
From conception to 2wks
Cell division
Fetus
Developing human organism
Teratogens
Harmful agents that harm the embryo/fetus
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Due to moms overuse of alcohol; baby will have delayed development, low birth weight, small head
Habituation
Decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentation
Maturation
When an organism reaches full development
Cognition
Our mental processes or mental ability
Schema
Concept or framework that organized & interprets info
Assimilation
To make new info fit into existing schemas
Accommodation
To adjust your schema to fit into new info
Sensory motor stage
- Piaget
- birth-2yrs
- stranger&separation anxiety
- lack object permanence
Object permance
The understanding that an object continues to exist even when not seen
Preoperational stage
- Piaget
- 2-6yrs
- egocentric
- animism& pretend play
Conservation
Changing the form of a subject doesn’t change the amount
Egocentrism
ME ME ME
Theory of mind
The ability to attribute mental states
Concrete operational stage
Develop law of conservation
Can think logically
Grouping
Formal operational stage
Abstract and ideological thinking
Autism
A pervasive developmental disorder in children.
Characterized by impaired social communication
Stranger anxiety
When you’re scared of strangers
Attachment
When you’re emotionally and physically attached
Critical period
Phase in life when the brain is intensely adapting to te senses
Imprinting
Come to recognize parent or object of trust
Basic trust
When u trust someone for comfort&nourishment
Self concept
How you
X chromosome
Lady chromosome
Y chromosome
Male chromosome
Testosterone
Male hormone controlling further male development
Gender identity
What does it mean to be a man or woman
Gender typing
Stereotypical gender roles
Social learning theory
Learning from social interactions
Primary sex characteristics
Sex organs! OMG
Secondary sex characteristics
Non reproductive characteristics
Menarche
First period
Menopause
Stoping of periods
Cross-sectional study
A study in which people of different ages are compared to one another
Longitudinal study
Research in which the same people are se studied & retested over a long period
Crystal Intelligence
Ones accumulated knowledge & verbal skills; tends to increase with age
Fluid intelligence
Ones ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood
