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Unit 6 Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adult, old age Flashcards

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What is Coach Brackett’s wife’s name?

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Rachel

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The specialized study of how an individual’s physical, social, emotional, moral, and intellectual development occur in sequential interrelated stages throughout the life cycle

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Developmental psychology

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And infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand

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Grasping reflex

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The first menstrual period

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Menarche

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Period during which males achieve first ejaculation

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Spermarche

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The condition during adolescence in which the growth or maturation of bodily parts is uneven

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Asynchrony

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A process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve his or herself esteem

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Rationalization

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A period of inner conflict during which adolescents worry intensely about who they are

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Identity Crisis

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Ban duras view of human development; emphasizes interaction

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Social Learning Theory

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A small, exclusive group of people within a larger group

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Clique

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Acting in accordance with some specificied authority

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Conformity

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A serious eating disorder characterized by a fear of gaining weight that results in prolonged self starvation and dramatic weight loss

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Anorexia Nervosa

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A serious eating disorder characterized by compulsive overheating usually followed by self induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives

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Bulimia Nervosa

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The sex group to which an individual biologically belongs

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Gender identity

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The set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex

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Gender role

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An oversimplified or distorted generalization about the characteristics of men and women

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Gender stereotypes

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Combining or blending traditionally male and female characteristics

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Androgynous

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An infants response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth.

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Rooting reflex

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The internally programmed growth of a child

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Maturation

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The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear.

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Telegraphic speech

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A conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world

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Schema

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The process of fitting object and experiences into one’s schemas

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Assimilation

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The adjustment of one’s schemas to include newly observed events and experiences

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Accommodation

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A child’s realization that and object exists even when he or she can not see or touch it

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Object permanence

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The intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind

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Representational thought

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The principle that a given quantity does not change when it’s appearance is changed

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Conservation

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A young child’s inability to understand another persons perspective.

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Egocentric

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Inherited tendencies or responses that are displayed by newborn animals when they encounter new stimuli in their environment

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Imprinting

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A specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned

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Critical period

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Parents attempt to control, shape, and evaluate the behavior and attitudes of children in adolescents with a set code of conduct

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Authoritarian family

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Children and adolescence participate in decisions affecting their lives

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Democratic/authoritative family

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Children and adolescence have the final say; parents are less controlling and have a non punishing, accepting attitude toward children

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Permissive/laissez-faire family

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The process of learning the rules of behavior of the culture within which an individual is born and will live

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Socialization

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The process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same-sex parent

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Identification

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The process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks

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Sublimation

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Children’s play that involves assuming adult roles, thus enabling the child to experience different points of view

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Role taking

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Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position

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Initiation Rites

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Sexual maturation; the end of childhood and the point where production is first possible

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Puberty

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What is the biological event in which a woman’s production of sex hormones is sharply reduced?

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Menopause

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What is the desire in middle age to use ones accumulated wisdom to guide future generations?

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Generativity

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What is a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past, characteristic of some middle aged people?

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Stagnation

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What is a theory that holds that progressive physical and mental decline is inevitable with age?

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Decremental model of aging

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What is prejudice or discrimination based on age especially against the elderly?

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Ageism

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What is a collective term to describe decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people after the age of 65?

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Senile dementia

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What is currently an irreversible, incurable condition that destroys a persons ability to think, remember, relate to others and care for herself or himself?

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Alzheimer’s disease

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What is the study of dying and death?

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Thanatology

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What is a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying?

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Hospice

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A set of behaviors organized around how either a male or female should think and behave

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Gender Schema

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