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Chapter 3
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Psychology
10th Grade
02/05/2009

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assimilation
Definition
fitting objects and experiences into ones schema
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schema
Definition
a conceptual framework; what a person uses to make sense of the world
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accomidation
Definition
the adjustment of ones schema to new experiences and events
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object permanance
Definition
a child's realization that an object exists even when they can not touch it.
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representational thought
Definition
a child's ability to picture something in their mind
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conservation
Definition
the idea that a quantity does not change when its appearance does
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egocentric
Definition
a young child's inability to look at something from another point of view
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imprinting
Definition
inherited tendencies displayed by newborn animals
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authoritarian
Definition
parents control the behavior and attitude of their children
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democratic
Definition
children and parents participate in decisions that affect their lives
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permissive
Definition
parents are less controlling; children have final say
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identification
Definition
the process in which the child adopts the beliefs of their same-sex parent
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role taking
Definition
children's play that involves taking adult roles
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sublimation
Definition
redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks
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socialization
Definition
the process of learning behaviors and rules of a culture in which the child will live
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