Developmental Psychology Chapter 5 Flashcards

Fertilized egg

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

<p>The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stage from about 2 to 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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The inability of the preoperational child to take another's point of view.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People's ideas about their own and others' mental states regarding feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication and social interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stage of cognitive development from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stage of cognitive development normally beginning about age 12 during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli produces proper development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very easily in life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sense of one's identity and personal worth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The period of sexual maturation.</p> Signup and view all the answers