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Psychology
Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| characteristics obtained directly from the genes | Heredity |
| a person’s surroundings, which have an influence on a person’s characteristics and development | Environment |
| contrasting views of how we gain certain characteristics: nature refers to heredity, nurture refers to environment | Nature/Nurture |
| basic units of heredity | Genes |
| units of heredity containing genes; 23 in reproductive cells and 46 in all other cells | Chromosomes |
| the fertilized egg | Zygote |
| twins who develop from two different eggs, fertilized from two different sperms; have different heredity | Dizygotic Twins |
| twins who come from one fertilized egg; have the same heredity | Monozygotic Twins |
| the automatic orderly sequential process of physical and mental development | Maturation |
| patterns of development in which some areas develop more rapidly and some more slowly but all in a way preplanned by nature | Growth Cycles |
| a specific time in development that is the only time when a particular skill can begin to develop or an association can occur | Critical Period |
| children supposedly reared by animals | Feral children |
| parents and their children | Nuclear Family |
| nuclear family plus other relatives | Extended family |
| the feeling of being worthwhile and useful | Self-esteem |
| style in which parents let children do as they wish; few rules made or enforced. | Permissive Parenting Style |
| style in which parents rigidly set the rules and demand obedience. | Dictatorial Parenting Style |
| style in which parents seek input from children; parents and consistent but flexible in enforcing rules. | Authoritative Parenting Style |
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