AP Psychology Chapter 5

6. Fertilized human egg.
7. A childhood disorder marked by deficiencies in communication and social interaction.
8. A study in which people of differing ages are compared with one another.
9. Mental concepts or frameworks that organize information.
10. A study in which the same people are retested over a period of years.
12. Principle that properties such as number or volume remain constant despite changes in appearance.
13. The developing person from 2 weeks through 2 months after conception.
15. Process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period
16. The developing person from 9 weeks after conception until birth.

1. In Piaget's theory, changing an existing schema to incorporate new information.
2. Decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus that is repeatedly presented.
3. Type of intelligence that reflects accumulated learning
4. The first menstrual period.
5. In Piaget's theory, interpreting a new experience in terms of an existing schema.
11. Any drug, virus, or other toxic substance that crosses the mother's placenta.
14. Type of intelligence that relates to reasoning speedily and abstractly.