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Developmental Psychology

a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

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the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo.

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the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month.

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the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.

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agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. In severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial misproportions.

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decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner.

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biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.

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all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

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interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas.

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Development - adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information.

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Sensorimotor Stage

in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities.

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Object Permanence

the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.

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Preoperational Stage

in Piaget's theory, the stage (from 2 to about 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.

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