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Assimilation
an individual's incorporation of new info. into existing knowledge
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Preferential Looking
a research technique that inolves givin an infant a choice of what object to look at.
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Development
The pattern of continuity and change in human capabilities that occurs throughout life, involving both growth and decline
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Nature
an individuals biological inheritance especially his or her genes
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Nurture
an individual's enviornmental and social experiences
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Resilience
a persons ability to recover from or adapt to difficult times
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Accomodation
an individuals incorporation of new info into existing knowledge
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Sensimotor Stage
Piagets first stage of cognitive development, lasting from birth to about two years of age, during which infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with motor (physical) actions
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Preoperational Stage
Piagets second stage of cognitive develpment, lasting from about two to seven years of age, during which thought is more symbolic than sensimotor thought
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Concrete Operational Stage
Piagets third stage of cognitive development, lasting from about seven to eleven years of age, during which the individual uses operations and replaces intuitive reasoning with logical reasoning in concrete situations
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Formal Operational Stage
Piagets fourth stage of cognitive development, which begins at eleve to fifteen years old and continues through the adult years, it features thinking about things that are not logic to come up with hypotheses aout the future
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Temperament
an individuals behavioral style and a characterized of responding
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Infant Attachment
The close emotional between infant and its caregiver
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Secure Attachment
The ways that infants use thei caregiver, usually their mother, as a secure base from which to explore the enviornment
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Authoritarian Parenting
a restrictive style in which the parent exhorts the child to follow the parents directions and to value hard work and effort
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Authoritative Parenting
a parenting style that encourages the child to be independent but that still places limits and controls on behavior
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Permissive Parenting
a parenting style characterized by the placement of few limits on the childs behavior
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Neglectful Parenting
A parenting style characterized by a lack of parental involvement in the childs life
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Prosocial Behavior
behavior that intended to benefit other ppl
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Puberty
A period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation that occurs mainly in early adolescence
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Estrogers
the main class of female sex hormones
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Identity VS Identity Confusion
Erickson's fifth psychological stage, in which adolescents face the challenges of finding out who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life
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Emerging Adulthood
the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning approximately 18-25 yrs old
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Wisdom
Expert knowledge abt the practical aspects of life
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