AP Psych Chapter 3/4

One's ability to reason speedily and abstractly

A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.

Being productive and supporting future generations

Study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection.

A baby's tendency to search for the nipple when touched on the cheek.

What is the study of molecular structure and function of genes?

What is every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us?

The acquisition of a traditonal masculine or feminine role.

The complete instructions for making an organism.

Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes

What is a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity?

Adapting one's current understandings to incorporate new information

Giving priority to the goals of one's group and defining one's identity accordingly.

The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes.

In what stage would a fertilized egg be in after 2 weeks of development?

The preoperational child's difficulty taking another point of view

A random error in gene replication that leads to a change.

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

Interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy

What stage in Piaget's stages of cognitive development would a 4 year-old be in?

Many genes acting in concert.

What develops from a single fertilized egg that splits into two?

What develops from two seperately fertilized eggs?

People's ideas about their own and others' mental states

What is the most important of the male sex hormones?

Out of 46 chromosomes, how many are unisex?

The awareness that things continue to exist even when not percieved

The first menstrual period

Who is more likely to behave aggressively and describe themselves as aggressive?

Decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation

What is the fertilized egg called?

Who is more likely to initiate sexual behavior?

Period of sexual maturation

What branch of psychology studies physical,cognitive,and social change throughout the life span

The fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age.

The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement

The buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies.

What child would be produced from XX chromosomes?