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schemas
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cognitive structures of patterns consisting of a number of organized ideas that grow and differentiate with experiences
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development psychology
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the study of age-related changes in behavior and mental processes from conception to death
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formal operational stage
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piaget's fourth stage (around age 11 and later) which is characterized by abstract and hypothetical thinking
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assimilation
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in piaget's theory the process of absorbing new info into existing schemas
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sensorimotor stage
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piaget's first stage (birth to approx age 2) in which schemas are developed and motor activities
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maturation
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development governed by automatic, genetically predetermined signals
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germinal period
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the first stage of prenatal development which begins with conception and ends with implantation in the uterus (the first 2 weeks)
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fetal period
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the third and final stage of prenatal development (eight weeks to birth)which is characterized by rapid weight gain in the fetus and the fine detailing of bodily organs and systems
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cross-sectional method
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research design that measures individuals of various ages at one point in time and gives info about age differences
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concrete operational stage
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piaget's third stage (roughly ages 7 to 11) in which the child can perform mental operations on concrete objects and understand reversibility and conservation, though abstract thinking is not yet present
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longitudinal method
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research design that measures a single individual or a group of same-aged individuals over an extended period and gives info about age changes
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preoperational stage
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piaget's second stage (roughly ages 2 to 7 yrs) which is characterized by the ability to employ significant language and to think symbolically though the child lacks operations (reversible mental processes) and thinking is egocentric and animistic.
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embryonic period
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the second stage of prenatal development which begins after uterine implantation and lasts through the eighth week
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accommodation
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in piaget's theory the process of adjusting old schemas or developing new ones to a better fit with new info
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critical periods
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a period of special sensitivity to specific types of learning that shapes the capacity for future development
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