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Foundations
FII: CH 17 Key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | An alteration of existing thought processes to manage more complex information |
| Assimilation | The process of integrating new experiences into existing schemata |
| Cognitive Development | Learning that occurs as a result of the internal organization of an event, which forms a mental schema and serves as a base for further schemata as one grows and develops |
| Development | An orderly pattern of changes in structure, thoughts, feelings, or behaviors resulting from maturation, experiences, and learning. |
| Faith | Fowler describes this as, it is not always religious and its content or contacts, it is a persons or groups way of moving into the force field of life. This is nor necessarily religious, but it comprises the reasons one finds life worth living |
| Genome | All the DNA in an organism |
| Genomics | This is the study of the structure and interactions of all the genes in the human body, including their interactions with each other as well as the environment |
| Growth | This is an increase in body size or changes in body cell structure, function and complexity |
| Moral Development | Influence of cultural effects on ones perceptions of justive in interpersonal relationships |
| Pharmacogenetics | The study of how genetic variation affects a persons response to drugs |