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Key Figures
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___ is the major period of rapid change in physical appearance during adolescence.
Puberty
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Parenting style best exemplified by setting rules, but making sure to explain the purpose of the rules.
Authoritative
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Older adult's intelligence which specializes in a large body of factual and experienced information
Crystallized Intelligence
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Two types of sensory Memory

iconic & echoic

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Person who developed four stages of cognitive development
Jean Piaget
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This parts of the brain does not develop fully until age 25
Frontal Lobes and/or cerebellum
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Term used to describe process of interpreting one's new experiences in terms of one's existing schemas.
Assimilation
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In this type of study, researchers follow a group of subjects for several years
Longitudinal
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Retention independent of conscious recollection, also called procedural memory

What is implicit memory

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Person who identified three stages of morality.
Lawrence Kohlberg
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An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development.
Critical Period
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Developmental stage characterized by egocentrism and language development.
Preoperational stage
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The process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life.

Imprinting

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The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood

What is mood- congruent memory

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This person conducted experiments to test attachment in infant monkeys.
Harry Harlow
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Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.
Teratogens
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Developmental stage characterized by understanding conservation and mathematical transformations (such as reversibility).
concrete operational stage
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Erikson's stage where middle aged adults struggle to determine what their contribution to the world is.
Stagnation vs. Generativity
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An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

What is long- term potentiation (LTP)

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Psychologist that used 7 stages to define social development.
Eric Erikson
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The three steps of prenatal development- in order.
zygote, embryo, fetus
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The range of tasks a child cannot yet master alone, but that she or he can accomplish with the guidance of a more capable partner.
Zone of proximal development
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Kohlberg's stage of moral development where someone upholds laws or social rules simply because they are the laws and rules.
Conventional Morality
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Psychologist who experimentally implanted false memories of childhood traumas in order to prove that memories are often constructed

What is Elizabeth Loftus

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DAILY DOUBLE This psychologist is best known for their contributions to research on eye witness testimony, specifically the 'misinformation effect.'
Elizabeth Loftus