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Piaget
Vocab
100
another name for fertilized eggs
What are zygotes?
100
the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
What is puberty?
100
a progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and physical functioning
What is Alzheimer's disease?
100
The awareness that objects continue to exist when not perceived
What is object permanence?
100
An emotional tie with another person
What is attachment?
200
After 9 weeks, the embryo is known as..
What is the fetus?
200
one's sense of self
What is identity?
200
A study in which people of different ages are compared with one another
What is cross-sectional study?
200
Schemas develop what when the brain builds.
What are concepts?
200
the fear of strangers that infants commonly display
What is stranger anxiety?
300
The fetus responds to noise during the_______month
What is the 6th?
300
the ability to form close, loving relationships
What is intimacy?
300
Research in which people are restudied and retested over a long period
What is longitudinal study?
300
Schemas develop when the brain builds
What is assimilate?
300
the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period early in life
What is imprinting?
400
the leading cause of mental retardation
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
400
The transition period from childhood to adulthood
What is adolescence?
400
One's ability to reason speedily and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence?
400
When we adjust our schemas to fit the particulars of new experiences
What is accomodate?
400
The menarche
What is the first menstrual period?
500
Parent-infant attachment comes from
What is touch?
500
preconventional, conventional, and post conventional are levels of..
What is moral thinking?
500
One's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
What is crystallized intelligence?
500
Concepts for organizing experience
What are schemas?
500
The ending of the menstrual cycle
What is menopause?