Human Development Across Lifespan: Prenatal Stages, Growth Patterns, and Cognitive Theory

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What term describes growth and change over time, including both progressive and regressive changes?

What is the term for the period from conception to 2 weeks, characterized by rapid cell division into a blastocyst?

What is the hollow ball of cells resulting from the zygote's rapid cell division called?

What is the period from 2 to 8 weeks after conception, when major organs and systems develop?

What concept describes the idea that significant changes occur in the brain and head before the extremities?

What concept describes significant development occurring first in centrally located features before peripheral locations?

What is the final development stage from week 9 to birth, characterized by significant growth and brain development?

What are environmental agents that negatively impact prenatal development called?

According to Piaget, what is the incorporation of new information into existing cognitive structures called?

According to Piaget, what is the creation of new cognitive structures to house new information called?

According to Piaget, what are states in which cognitive structures agree with external realities called?

According to Piaget, what are states in which cognitive structures do not agree with external realities called?

What is Piaget's first stage of development, from birth to 2 years, where infants learn about the world through actions?

What term describes when infants learn about the world by engaging in repeated actions on their own bodies?

What term describes when infants learn by engaging in repeated actions outside of their own bodies?

What term describes when infants learn by using different combinations of items and observing the outcomes?

What term describes when infants remember and reenact situations that have happened previously?

What is Piaget's second stage of development, from ages 2 to 7, marked by increased symbolic and logical thinking?

What term describes when a child thinks that stuffed toys and other inanimate objects have feelings?

What term describes children's difficulty in adopting the perspective of another person?

What is Piaget's third stage of development, ages 7 to 11, marked by increased reasoning about concrete events?

What term refers to the cognitive support offered by an adult to a child to help them acquire new skills or knowledge?

What term refers to the distance between what a child can accomplish on their own versus with some assistance?

What term describes the manner in which we interact with our primary caregivers and romantic partners?

What attachment style is characterized by emotional closeness and a healthy level of independence and exploration?

What attachment style is characterized by being clingy after the parent returns, possibly due to inconsistent responsiveness?

What attachment style is characterized by child avoidance of the parent upon reunion, possibly due to parental disengagement?

What attachment style involves fear and dissociation of both wanting to approach and avoid a parent, possibly due to abuse?

What is Kohlberg's first stage of moral development, where children think of morality in terms of punishment and reward?

What is Kohlberg's second stage of moral development, where a child values social conventions and being viewed as 'good' or 'bad'?

What is Kohlberg's third stage of moral development, where decisions are based on abstract principles rather than societal expectations?

What is the broad term used to describe external stimuli, internal emotional experiences, and bodily responses associated with threats?

What term, coined by Selye, represents reactions to good stress?

What term, coined by Selye, represents reactions to bad stress?

What is the inverted U-shaped curve representing the relationship between stress and performance called?

What modern model of stress and performance emphasizes adaptability to stressors while maintaining high performance?

What theory of stress emphasizes the importance of appraisals of stressor demands and available resources?

What term describes external circumstances that have the potential to disturb one's balanced state?

What term describes internal psychological and biological responses to stressors that work to restore balance?

What are short-term external stimuli lasting minutes to hours with the potential to disturb one's balanced state called?

What are enduring external stimuli lasting weeks to years with the potential to disturb one's balanced state called?

What term describes stressors that involve threats to life or physical health?

What brain area rapidly responds to potential stressors and is sometimes called the 'neural watchdog'?

What term describes the response that allows humans and animals to confront or flee from perceived stressors?

What is the immune system response to injury, infection, and psychological stressors that allows for healing?

What term describes the perception of stressor characteristics and their relevance to you?

What term describes the perception of resources available for coping with a stressor?

What term describes when demands exceed resources available for coping?

What term describes when resources exceed the demands of the situation?

What is the lab acute stressor test that involves delivering a speech and performing mental arithmetic called?

What theory suggests that disorders develop from a genetic disposition combined with stressful conditions?

What term describes circumstances that involve exclusion from a relationship or interaction with others?

What term describes events involving the loss of people, possessions, or cherished ideas, posing a risk for depression?

What term describes events involving devaluation of self, rejection, or failure, posing a risk for depression?

What term describes difficult circumstances likely to persist or worsen, without increasing depression risk?

What term describes events involving the potential for future loss, including traumatic possibilities, without increasing depression risk?

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