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