Chapter 8- Psychology – Flashcards

A design in which one group of participants is followed and assessed as the group ages

A section of DNA containing a sequence of amines

When two eggs each get fertilized by two different sperm, resulting in two zygotes in the uterus at the same time

the period in which the major organs and structures of the organism first develop

Respond to both high and low pitches

Paiget--- Object exists even when it is out of sight

Children who have very irregular sleep patterns, eating patterns, resists change, & tends to be loud

Age 13-19- During which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet independent , self-supporting adult

An emotional and psychological closeness that is based on the ability to trust, share, and care, while maintaining one's sense of self

A gene that controls the appearance of a certain trait

are innate involuntary behavior patterns

a baby's language that consists of repetition of consonant-vowel combinations

Sexually transmitted Infections

the period of five to ten years during which a woman's reproductive system begins to decline

The theory of adjustment to aging that assumes older people are happier if they remain active in some way-- such as developing a hobby

Denial

Anger

bargaining

depression

Acceptance

as time goes by repeated use and abuse of the body's tissues cause it to be unable to repair all the damage

Based on the idea that cells only have so many times that they can reproduce: once that limit is reached, damaged cells begin to accumulate

States that oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move around the cell, damaging cell structures as they go

formed when the zygote splits into two separate masses of cells, each of which will develop into a baby identical to the other. When two masses do not completely separate conjoined twins are born

Sucking, rooting, grasping, & stepping