Developmental Psychology

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  1. 5. agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
  2. 6. in Piaget’s theory, the state of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
  3. 9. in Piaget’s theory, 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
  4. 10. our sense of self; according to Erikson, adolescents solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles
  5. 12. an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation
  6. 13. in Piaget’s theory, 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
  7. 15. Swiss psychologist most famous for his theories on cognitive development in children
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  1. 1. the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
  2. 2. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
  3. 3. the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of concrete operational reasoning) that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects
  4. 4. psychologist best known for his maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys which manifested the importance of caregiving and companionship to social and cognitive development
  5. 6. physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking; in severe cases, signs signs include a small, out-of-proportion head and abnormal facial features
  6. 7. in Piaget’s theory, the preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view
  7. 8. in Piaget’s theory, the stage (from about 2 to about 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
  8. 11. psychologist who is most recognized for the stages of moral development which identify the development of moral reasoning and ethical behavior in humans
  9. 14. developmental psychologist known for his 8-stage theory on psychological development of human beings