Module 3 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adolecence | the transition period from childhood, extending from childhood to adulted, extending from puberty to independence. |
| Puberty | the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing |
| Sexual Orientation | an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex or the other sex |
| Identity | one's sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles |
| Intimacy | in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood |
| Independence | most adolescents achieve independence with relatively little friction in the family. Sometimes however things get tense |
| Social Clock | the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement |
| Menopause | the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines |
| Alzheimers | Progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory |
| Senile Dementia | Mental disintegration that accompanies alcoholism, tumor, stroke |
| Teratogens | agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. |
| Rooting reflex | a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple |
| Temperment | a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity |
| Maturation | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
| Schemas | conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world |
| Object permanence | the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived |
| Conservation | the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects |
| Egocentrism | in piaget's theory, the inability of the preoperational child to take another's point of view |
| Attachment | Emotional tie with another person |
| Critical period | an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development |
| Imprinting | the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life |
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