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Psych 101 quiz 3 latest 2022 already passed Developmental Psychology ✔✔- A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span. - with a focus on t... hree major issues: * Nature and nurture: how does our genetic inheritance (our nature) interact with our experiences (our nurture) to influence our development? * Continuity and stages: What parts of development are gradual and continuous like riding an escalator? What parts change abruptly in separate stages, like climbing rungs on a ladder? * Stability and change: which of our traits persist through life? How do we change as we age? zygote ✔✔The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo Teratogens ✔✔(literally, "monster maker") agents such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal developmental and cause harm Stress Hormone ✔✔When women experience stress during pregnancy the stress hormones flooding her body may indicate a survival threat to the fetus and produce an earlier delivery Maturation ✔✔biogical growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience Schema ✔✔a concept or framkework that organizes and interprets information Jean Piaget ✔✔a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology".Assimilation ✔✔interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas Accommodation ✔✔adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information Object Performance ✔✔the awareness that objects continue to exist even when not perceived Preoperational Stage ✔✔in piagets theory, the stage (from about 2-6/7) during [Show More]

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