Psy 180 chapter 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Attachment | A close, emotional bond of affection between infants and their caregivers. |
| Centration | The tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects. |
| Cephalocaudal | The head-to-foot direction of motor development. |
| Cognitive Development | Transitions in youngsters' patterns of thinking, including reasoning, remembering, and problem solving. |
| Conservation | Piaget's term for the awareness that physical quantities remain constant in spite of changes in their shape or appearance |
| Dementia | An abnormal condition marketed by multiple cognitive defects that include memory impairment. |
| Egocentrism | A limited ability to share another person's viewpoint. |
| Embryonic Stage | The second stage of prenatal development, lasting from two weeks until the end of the second month. |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | A collection of inborn problems associated with excessive alcohol use during pregnancy. |
| Fetal Stage | The third stage of prenatal development, lasting from two months through birth. |
| Gender Differences | Actual disparities between the sexes in typical behavior or average ability. |
| Germinal Stage | The first phase of prenatal development, encompassing the first two weeks after conceptions. |
| Menarche | The first occurrence of menstruation. |
| Midlife Crisis | A difficult, turbulent period of doubts and reappraisal of one's life. |
| Moral Development | Measure nature and progression of moral reasoning. |
| Object Permanence | Recognizing that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible. |
| Prenatal Period | The period from conception to birth, usually encompassing nine months of pregnancy. |
| Primary Sex Characteristics | The sexual structures necessary for reproduction. |
| Proximodistal Trend | The center-outward direction of motor development. |
| Puberty | The period of early adolescence marked by rapid physical growth and the development of sexual maturity. |
| Secondary Sex Characteristic | Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction. |
| Separation Anxiety | Emotional distress seen in many infants when they are separated from people with who they have formed an attachment. |
| Spermarche | The first occurrence of ejaculation. |
| Strange Situation | Secure, Anxious-ambivalent, and Avoidant. |
| Zygote | A one-celled organism formed by the union of a sperm and an egg. |
| Ainsworth | Developed a research paradigm to study attachment using separation anxiety as a measure. |
| Piaget | Believed interaction with the environment and maturation gradually alter the way children think |
| Harlow | Rhesus Monkey. |
| Kohlberg | Devised a stage theory of moral development based on subjects' responses to presented moral dilemma |
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