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The Human Puzzle Chapter 7 Study Material

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Accommodation   show
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Active Vocabulary   show
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show Each of two corresponding forms of a gene, one being inherited from each parent.  
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show Attributing lifelike qualities to inanimate objects.  
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show The process of introducing sperm in a female’s reproductive tract without sexual intercourse.  
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show In Piaget’s theory, the act of incorporating objects or aspects of objects into previously learned activities. The exercising of previously learned responses.  
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Chromosomes   show
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show The beginning of life, or fertilization.  
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Conservation   show
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Daydreaming   show
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show A substance assumed to be the basis of all life, consisting of four chemical bases arranged in a mind-boggling number of combinations in the form of a double spiral (helix).  
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show A type of temperament characterized by irregularity with respect to things like eating, sleeping, and toilet functions; withdrawal from unfamiliar situations; slow adaptation to change; and intense as well as negative moods.  
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Dizygotic Twins   show
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Dominant Gene   show
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show Interactions involving two individuals.  
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show A temperament type marked by high regularity in behaviors such as eating and sleeping; high interest in novel situations; high adaptability to change; and a preponderance of positive moods.  
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show Based on Latin words for self (ego) and center—hence a self-centered behavior, attitude, or personality characteristic. Egocentric thought is characterized by an inability to assume an objective point of view.  
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show The developing fetus, between 2 and 8 weeks after conception.  
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Fallopian Tube   show
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show The learning of a concept, like a word, in a single trial.  
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Genes   show
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show Genetic makeup. The assortment of genes that compose the individuals genetic code  
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show Hormone-producing sex glands. Testes in the male; ovaries in the female.  
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Holophrase   show
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show In Erikson’s theory, a term closely related to self. To achieve identity is to arrive at a clear notion of who one is.  
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Imaginary Audience    show
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show My imaginary playmate is my best friend and goes everywhere with me and likes a lot of the same things I do and gets upset if I don’t say hello and . . .  
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In Vitro Fertilization   show
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Infancy   show
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show Thought based on immediate comprehension rather than logical processes.  
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Magical Thinking   show
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show A girl’s first menstrual period.  
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Monozygotic Twins   show
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Nature-Nurture Controversy   show
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Object Concept   show
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show Piaget’s term for a thought process characterized by certain rules of logic.  
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show The sex cell produced by a mature female, consisting of 23 chromosomes rather than 23 pairs of chromosomes.  
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show Words that are understood but that may not actually be used in speech.  
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show An expression of adolescent egocentrism marked by the elaboration of fantasies, the hero of which is the adolescent.  
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Phenotype   show
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Placenta   show
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show Activities with no goal other than the enjoyment derived from them.  
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show The infant’s first word-like sounds used to signify a specific person or object.  
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show Erikson’s phrase to describe human development as a sequence of stages involving the resolution of crises that are mainly social.  
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show Sexual maturity following pubescence.  
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Pubescence    show
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show A gene whose characteristics are not manifested in offspring when paired with the corresponding dominant gene.  
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show Label used by Piaget to describe a unit in cognitive structure. A scheme is, in one sense, an activity together with its structural connotations. In another sense, a scheme may be thought of as an idea or a concept. It usually labels a specific activity: the looking scheme, the grasping scheme, the sucking scheme.  
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Sensorimotor    show
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show A chromosome in sperm and egg cells responsible for determining the sex of the offspring.  
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show Defects due to the action of a gene located on the sex chromosome, most often on the X chromosome, and most often manifested in males.  
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Slow-To-Warm-Up Infants   show
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show The process of learning behaviors that are appropriate and inappropriate for a given culture.  
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Sperm Cell   show
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Temperament   show
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show A type of logical thinking in which an inference is made about the relationship of two objects or events by comparing them with a third rather than by comparing them directly.  
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show A long, thick cord attached to the placenta at one end and to what will be the child’s navel at the other.  
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show The womb, where the infant develops prenatally.  
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Zygote   show
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