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Review for developmental psychology

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Nature   How do genetics influence the way you are?  
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Nurture   How does your raising/environment influence the way you are  
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Cross-Sectional studies   Often examines changes in similar groups at different ages. Also compare groups from different backgrounds.  
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Longitudinal study   Correlational research study that involves repeated observations of the same variables over long periods of time, often many decades.  
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Zygote   first stage of development (sperm penetrates egg) consists of rapid cell division  
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Embryo   Zygote becomes this after 2 weeks (beating heart)  
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Fetus   develops after 6 months. They have stomachs and organs  
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Chemical agents that can harm prenatal environment (alcohol, drugs,STDs)   Teratogens  
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Primary sexual characteristics   Parts that make sexual reproduction possibly (penis, testicles, ovaries, uterus)  
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Secondary sexual characteristics   Associated with sexual attraction, but are not essential for reproduction (widening hips, deepening voice, more hair  
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Schema   the way we interpret the world around us  
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Pre conventional Morality   Morality based on reward or punishment (If you’re rewarded its ok, if you’re punished its not ok)  
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Conventional Morality   Look at morality based on ow others see it (If society thinks its wrong then so do you)  
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Post conventional morality   Based on self defined ethical principles (own personal set of ethics)  
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Crystallized Intelligence   knowledge increases with age , accumulated knowledge  
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Fluid intelligence   ability to think outside the box or abstractly; decreases after 20’s  
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Type A personality   Easily angered, competitive, aggressive  
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Type B personality   laid back, passive, relaxed  
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Developmental Psychology   The study of psychological processes throughout a person's life (womb to tomb)  
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