Module 13

chemicals and viruses that can reach embryo or fetus during prenatal development and be harmful

developing human organism from about 9 weeks after conception to birth

fertilized egg; it enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division.

ideas about your own and others feeling, perception, and thoughts, and behaviors predicted.

6-7 during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend mental operations.

uphold laws and rules gain social approval or maintain social order

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

moral development theory

adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information

 concrete operational stage mass and volume and number remain the same despite changes in forms

decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation in babies  

the time of natural cessation of menstruation. woman's ability to reproduce declines. 

attachment theory

12-up. you begin to think logically about abstract concepts.

research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period of time.

actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined ethical principles.

self interest; obey rules to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards.

a concept of framework that organize and interprets information.

non-reproductive sexual characteristics such as breasts and hips and voice.

cognitive development theory

physical and cognitive problem in babies caused from heavy drinking in pregnancy

the 'we' aspect of our self-concept  that comes from our group membership.

all our thoughts and feelings about our selves. in answer to the question who am i?

period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.

 psychosocial development theory

piagets theory which a peoperational childs difficulty taking anothers point of view

the first 2 weeks of parental development is the period of? 

body structures that make sexual reproduction possible

transitioning period from child to adult

 study of physical, cognitive and social change throughout the life span.

parents impose rules and expect obedience

emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by seeking closeness to caregiver.

the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task.

parents are both demanding and responsive

period to adolescence to dependence and dull independence and responsible adulthood.

period early in life, when exposure to certain stimuli, experience produces normal development

the fear of strangers that infants commonly display beginning 8 months of age.

time between 2 weeks and 9 weeks of parental growth

menstrual period

a study where people of different ages are compared with one another

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

6-7. child gains the mental operation to think logically about concrete events.

process which animals form attachments during critical period very early in life.

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

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

Piaget theory,  infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensimotor impression and motor

Freud defined an healthy adult to be able to _____ and ______

Development psychologist use,visual preference procedure to test an infants __ to a stimulation

the last 9 weeks after conception until birth. 

biological growth process, enable orderly changes in behavior,  uninfluenced by experience.

Erickson, sense that the world is predictable and trust worthy. formed during infancy. 

parents submit to their children s desires. 

culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage and retirment

our sense of self, adolescence task is to solidify a sense of self by experimentation.