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Master Introductory Psychology: Complete Edition
Erik Erikson
oral-sensory, muscular-anal, locomotor-genital, latency
adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, maturity
psychosocial task
prenatal development
conception
zygote
germinal stage
embryo – embryonic stage
androgens
fetus – fetal stage
placenta
teratogen
fetal alcohol syndrome
infant – infancy stage
reflex
rooting reflex
sucking reflex
developmental milestones
cephalocaudal rule
proximodistal rule
preferential looking / visual preference
habituation
infantile amnesia
synaptic pruning
Jean Piaget
schema
assimilation
accommodation
sensorimotor stage
object permanence
A-not-B error
executive function
self-concept
mark test
preoperational stage
conservation
theory of mind
egocentrism
false-belief test
autism spectrum disorder
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
Lev Vygotsky
zone of proximal development
scaffolding
ethology
Konrad Lorenz
imprinting
critical period
Harry Harlow
grasp reflex
secure base
Mary Ainsworth
strange situation
secure attachment
avoidant attachment / insecure-avoidant attachment
ambivalent attachment / insecure-resistant attachment
disorganized attachment
temperament
Diana Baumrind
authoritarian parenting
permissive parenting
authoritative parenting
neglectful parenting
Lawrence Kohlberg
Stages of Moral Development
Heinz Dilemma
preconventional
conventional
postconventional
moral intuitions
primary sex characteristics
secondary sex characteristics
spermarche
menarche
sexual orientation
cognitive decline
menopause
dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
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