| A | B |
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| Strange Situation | Ainsworth's assement technique of quaity of infant/mom attachemtns ages 1-2 y. Secure/Resistant/Avoidant/Disorganized |
| Horizontal Decalage | Sequential mastery of concepts related to a particular area, in single stage of dev'ment. (eg, in concrete op stg, conservation abilities dev in predictable sequence |
| Reversibility | Piaget's concrete op stage: ability to mentally go through a series of steps in a problem and then reverse the direction |
| Temperment | potpourri of stable individ diff's among people in quality and intensity of emotional reaction. 9 total (Thomas, Chess and Birch) |
| Centration | Piaget's Preop stageTendency of young children to focus on 1 and only 1 detail of a situation, |
| Chromosome | Structure in nucleus of organism's cell that stores genetic info. |
| Critical Period | Developmental period in which attainment of a particular developmental milestone is strongly influenced by + or - environmental events |
| Imprinting | a biologically prepared type of learning. |
| Assimilation | Piaget ADAPTION: Process in which newly acquired info about external world is INTERPRETED in terms of existing cog structures or schemas |
| Accomodation | Piaget ADAPTION: Infovles MODIFYING cognitive structures or schems to account for new experience |
| Attachment | The strong affectional tie with special people in our lives. Begins at an early age, through + emotional signals and tendency to seek physical closeness with caretaker. |
| Crystallized Intelligence | Vocab. and Info. Fact oriented, culturally loaded aspect of intell. Declines less with age compared to fluid intelligence |
| Fluid Intelligence | "on the spot" reasoning ability, see completx relationships and solve problems Tied to CNS and susceptible to effects of agin or brain damage |
| Stranger Anxiety | A normal fear response to unfamiliar adults exhibited by young children, 8 mo begins, declines during 2nd year |
| Object Permanence | Piaget;s sensorimotor stage: The knowledge that obj's cont to exist even when they are out of sight or otherwise undetectable by the senses. |
| Adaptation | Central process of Piaget involved in cog dev'mt, by which child's mental structures achieve a better fit with external reality. Involves complimentary processes: Assimilation and Accomodation. |
| Conservation | The ability to recognize that certain properties of an object (mass, wt, vol) do not necc'ly change when the obj's shape changes. Conservation abilities develop sequentially thru-out the pre-operational stage of developement |
| X-Linked Inheritance | phenotypic charicteristic caused by a recessive gene on X chromosome, Red/green colorblind, hemophilia, males more likely affected |
| FAS | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, cluster of phys/beh abnormalities (Facial abnormalities, skeletal & internal defects, low birth wt, mental retardation) occur in infants of mom's who drank heavily. |
| Classic Again Pattern | Typical pattern, subtests of WAIS-R, verbal ok except 2 (Similarities & Digit Span) and all of P tests, affected most. |
| Turner's Syndrome | XO combo. 1X chromosome (or part ) is missing, Phenotypically female, smaller, less physically mature, deficits in spatial perception and orientation |
| Down's Syndrome | Extra chromosome on 21st pair, results in mental retardation anda variety of physical anomolies. |
| Separation Anxiety | Infant distress in response to departure of the primary caregiver, latter half of 1st year, declines after 18 months. |
| Anaclitic Depression | Institutionalized infants w/o suff. tactile handling. weepiness, w'drawal, general decline in health & affect |
| XXY Syndrome | Male w/ extra X (or more) some phys abnormalities (taller) used to believe increased aggressive beh., but debunked |
| Kleinfelter's Sundrome | XXY, Male, Depressed verbal intelligence & incomplete development of 2ndary sex char. 1/500 births. Sterile, More retard w/ more Xs |
| Phenylketonuria (PKU) | Inherited disease affects metabolism, CNS devm't and severe mental retardation. Early dietary intervention helps prevent. |
