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| changes in thinking, memory, problem solving and intellectual skills |
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| average ages at which developmental milestones are reached |
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| term for babies between birth and one month of age |
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| substances such as viruses and drugs that can cause birth defects |
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| specialized cells of the nervous system |
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| ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb |
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| an individual's particular set of observed characteristics |
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| the unique genetic blueprint of each individual |
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| chemical material that makes up chromosones and genes |
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| single celled created when sperm and ovum unite |
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| the use of multiple theoretical perspectives to explain and study human development |
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| the process of using a scheme to make sense of an event or an experience |
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| changing a scheme as a result of new information |
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| theories that emphasizes mental process and development such as logic and memory |
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| the gradual elimination of a behavior through repetition |
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| the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improve it |
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| learning to repeat or stop behaviors because of their consequences |
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| learning that results from the association of stimuli |
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| Frued's five stages of personality development through which children move in a fixed sequence determined by maturation, the labido is centered in a different body part in each stage. |
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| according to Freud, the thinking element of personality |
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| in Frued's theory, the part of the personality that comprises a person's basic sexual and agressive impulses, it contains the libido and motivates a person to seek pleasure and avoid pain. |
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| theories proposing that developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behavior. |
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| a set of age norms defining a sequence of the experiences that is considered to be normal in a give culture and that all individuals in that culture are expected to follow. |
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| a research design in which people in a single group are studied at different times in their lives. |
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| the characteristics or behavior that is expected to be effected by the independent variable. |
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| a relationship between two variables that can be expressed as a number ranging from -1.00 to +1.00 |
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| a specific period in development when an organism is especially sensitive to the presence or absence to a particular type of experiencfe. |
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| a span of months or years in which a child may be particularly responsive to specific forms of experience or particularly influenced by their absence. |
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