Psychology Ch 10 - Infancy & Childhood Flashcard

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Specialized study of how an individual’s development occurs in sequential order as they mature

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Developmental psychology

Front

The internally programmed growth of a child

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Maturation

Front

Relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience

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Learning

Front

The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear.

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Telegraphic speech

Front

What term describes mental structures that help organize and interpret information?

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Schemas

Front

What is the term for incorporating new experiences into existing cognitive structures?

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Assimilation

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The adjustment of one’s schemas to include newly observed events and experiences

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Accommodation

Front

Inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see

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Imprinting

Front

Parents control and evaluate children's behavior according to a set code of conduct.

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Authoritarian

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Children and adolescents participate in decisions affecting their lives

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Authoritative