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Mod 3.1 pt1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Developmental Psychology | a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development throughout a lifespan |
| Cross-sectional study | research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time |
| Longitudinal study | research that follows and retests the same people over time |
| Zygote | the fertilized egg-enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo |
| Embryo | the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month |
| Fetus | the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth |
| Teratogens | agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during parental development and cause harm |
| fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) | physical and cognitive function deficits i children caused by a birth mother's heavy drinking during pregnancy |
| habituation | decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a stimulus, their interests wanes and they look away sooner |
| maturation | biological growth process that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively influenced by experience |
| critical period | an optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development |
| Motor development | is also affected by both nature and nurture |
| memory | affected by the way in which our brain develops |
| infantile amnesia | when we are not able to remember early episodic memories, this is due to a lack of neural connections in the hippocampus |
| adolescence | the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence |
| puberty | the period of sexual maturation, during which a persons becomes capable of reproducing |
| menopause | the time of natural cessation (stopping) of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a women experiences as her ability to reproduce declines |
| sex | in psychology, the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male, female, and intersex |
| gender | in psychology, the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors, that a given culture associations with a persons biological sex |
| intersex | possessing male and female biological sexual characteristics at birth |
| aggression | any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone physically or emotionally |
| relational agression | an act of aggression intended to harm a person's relationship or social standing |
| X chromosome | the sex characteristics found in females and males. females typically have two x chromosomes; male typically have one |
| Y chromosome | the sex characteristic typically found only in males |
| testosterone | the most important male sex hormone, males and females both have it, but additional occurs in males |
| estrogens | sex hormones that contribute to female sex characteristics and are secreted in ore females than males |
| Primary sex characteristics | the body structures (ovaries, testes) that makes sexual reproduction possible |
| secondary sex characteristics | non-reproductive traits; such as females breasts and hips; males depend voice and bod hair |
| spermarche | a males first ejaculation |
| menarche | the first menstrual period in a female |
| role | a set of expectations (norms) about social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave |
| gender role | a set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for men and women |
| sexual agression | any physical or verbal behavior of a sexual nature that is unwanted or intended to harm someone physically or emotionally |
| gender identity | our personal sense of being male, female, neither, or the same combination of male and female, regardless of whether this identity matches our sex assigned at birth |
| social learning theory | a set of expectations about position, defining how those in position ought to behave |
| gender typing | the acquisition of traditional masculine or feminine role |
| androgyny | blending traditionally masculine and feminine psychological characteristics |
| sexuality | our thoughts, feelings, and actions related to our physical attraction to another |
| asexual | having no sexual attraction towards others |
| rape myth | pornography that shows women as subservient and contains physical aggression can influence men and make them think rape is acceptable and even desired |
| social script | a culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations |
| sexual orientation | our directed sexual orientation |
| heterosexual | male- female attraction |
| homosexual | same sex attraction |
| bisexual | attraction to males and females |
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