| Physical/Congitive Dev. in Childhood | Physical/Cognitive Early Adulthood | Socioemotional Dev. in Childhood | Socioemotional Dev. in Adolescence | Physical & Cognitive Middle Adult |
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What is prefrontal cortex
Advances in this part of the brain is linked to a child's improved attention, reasoning, and cognitive control
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What is the fantasy period
This vocational development period is where children fantasize about career options
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What is androgynous
Having both masculine and feminine characteristic traits
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What is identity versus identity confusion
The developmental stage where individuals experience during adolescence
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What is fluid intelligence
The ability to abstractly; an individual’s accumulated information and verbal skills.
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What is critical thinking
Thinking reflectively and productively and evaluating evidence are all parts of:
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What is T cells
This type of cell originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus and attacks antigens directly
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What is self-concept
This refers to domain-specific evaluations of the self.
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What is cliques
Small groups of friends who usually resemble one another
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What is sarcopenia
Age-related loss of muscle mass and strength
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What is seriation
The ability to organize sticks in a row from largest in size to smallest
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What is pragmatic thought
A structural advance in which logic becomes a tool for solving real-world problems
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What is intimacy
Self-disclosure and the sharing of private thoughts
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What is a positive self image
For the majority of teens, adolescence is marked by
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What is decreases in estrogen
Hormonal change that is associated with menopause in women
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What is dysgrphia
Children with may write very slowly, their writing products may be virtually illegible, and they may make numerous spelling errors .
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What is identity exploration, especially in love and work; instability; being self-focused; feeling in-between; the age of possibilities, a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives
These feature characterize emerging adulthood
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What is conventional
This level of moral reasoning includes recognizing alternative moral courses, exploring options then deciding on a personal moral code
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What is narcissism
This refers to a self-centered and self-concerned approach toward others
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What is climacteric
The midlife transition in which fertility declines, brings an end to reproductive capacity
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What is whole-language
Being exposed to text in its complete form takes a look at what approach to reading
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What is reflective thinking
The main cognitive change between Piaget's fourth and fifth stages of cognitive development
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What is controversial
A child who is frequently nominated both as someone's best friend and as being disliked
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What is identity moratorium
This is an identity status where exploration without having reached commitment is seen
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What is neural network view
As neurons in the brain die, breaks in neural networks occur and synaptic bypasses are formed
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