PSY 1410 Chapter 10-11: Unit 4 - Chapter 10 and 11 - Study Guide
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The study of continuity and change in physical, cognitive, and social abilities across the life span. Fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and egg. Period that lasts from 2nd week until about the 8th week. Period that lasts from the 9th week until birth. Agents that damage the process of development such as drugs and viruses. Development disorder that stems from heavy alcohol use by the mother during pregnancy. Premature birth, low birth weight, bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia. Infants acquire information about the world by sensing it and moving around within it. Children have a preliminary understanding of the physical world. Children learn how various actions or operations can affect or transform concrete objects. Children can solve non-physical problems and show hypothetical and abstract thinking. Theories about or models of the way the world works. Process by which infants apply their schemas in novel situations. The process by which infants revise their schemas in light of new information.
