Physcology

the period from the onset of puberty until the beginning of adulthood.

The quality of thinking that leads some adolescents to believe that they are the focus of attention in social situations, to believe that their problems are unique, to be unusually hypocritical, and to be "pseudostupid."

The egocentric belief of preoperational children that inanimate objects are alive, as children are.

the physcological bonds between infants and caregivers.

In Piagets theory, the period of cognitive development between the ages of 7 to 11.

the concept understood by concrete operational children that quantity (number, mass, etc.) does not change just because shape or other superficial features have changed.

A biologically determined period in the life of some animals during which certain forms of learning can take place most easily.

The more-or-less predictable changes in behavior associated with increasing age.

Experiences occuring very early in development, believed by some to have lasting effects.

The self-oriented quality in the thinking of preoperational children.

The period characterized by an ability to use abstract concepts.

A form of early learning that occurs in some animals during a critical period.

Systematic physical growth of the body, including the nervous system.

The first two weeks of life following birth.

The understanding that objects continue to exist when they are not in view.

In Piaget's Theory, the period of cognitive development from ages 2 to 7.

The point in development at which the individual is first physically capable of sexual reproduction.

In Piaget's Theory, the period of cognitive development from birth to 2 years.

The distress experienced by infants when they are seperated from their caregivers.

One of several time periods in development that is qualitatively distinct from the periods that come before and after.

Errors in understanding cause and effect relationships that are commonly made by preoperational children.