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Developmental Psychology PSY 205
Abusive Relationship - correct answer-Relationships in which one person becomes
aggressive toward the partner

Accommodation - correct answer-Changing existing knowledge based on new knowledge
(Piaget)

Active Euthanasia - correct answer-Deliberate ending of someone's life

Activities of Daily Living/ ADLs - correct answer-Basic self-care tasks such as eating,
bathing, tolieting, walking, and dressing

Adaptation Level - correct answer-When press level is average for a particular level of
competence

Addiction - correct answer-Physical dependence on a substance such that withdrawal
symptoms are experienced when deprived of that substance

Adolescent Egocentrism - correct answer-Self-absorption that is characteristic of teenagers
as they search for identity

Adolescent-Limited Antisoical Behavior - correct answer-Behavior of youth who engage in
relatively minor criminal acts but aren't consistently antisocial

Aerobic Exercise - correct answer-Exercise that places moderate stress on the heart by
maintaining a pulse rate between 60% and 90% of a person's maximum heart rate

Ag of Viability - correct answer-Age at which a fetus can survive outside the womb because
most of its bodily systems function adequately; typically at seven months after conception/
weeks 22 to 28

Age Discrimination - correct answer-Involves denying a job or promotion to someone solely
on the basis of age

Age-Related Macular Degeneration - correct answer-Progressive and irreversible destruction
of receptors from any of a number of causes

Agreeableness - correct answer-Dimension of personality associated with being accepting,
willing to work with others, and caring

Alert Inactivity - correct answer-State in which a baby is calm with eyes open and attentive;
the baby seems to be deliberately inspecting the environemtn

,Alienation - correct answer-When workers believe that what they are doing is meaningless
and that their efforts are devalued or when they do not see the connection between what
they do and the final product

Alleles - correct answer-Variations of genes

Altruism - correct answer-Prosocial behavior such as helping and sharing in which the
individual does not benefit directly from his or her behavior

Alzheimer's Disease - correct answer-Disease marked by gradual declines in memory,
attention, and judgement; confusion as to time and place, difficulties in communicating;
decline in self-care skills; inappropriate behavior; and personality changes

Amniocentsis - correct answer-Prenatal diagnostic technique that uses a syringe to withdraw
a sample of amniotic fluid through the mother's abdomen

Amnion - correct answer-Inner sac in which the developing child rests

Amniotic Fluid - correct answer-Fluid that surrounds the fetus

Analytic Ability - correct answer-The ability to analyze problems and generate different
solutions (Sternberg)

Animism - correct answer-Phenomenon of crediting inanimate objects with life and lifelike
properties such as feelings

Anniversary Reaction - correct answer-Changes in behavior related to feelings of sadness
on the anniversary date of a loss

Anorexia Nervosa - correct answer-Persistent refusal to eat accompanied by an irrational ear
of being overweight

Anticipatory Grief - correct answer-Grief that is experienced during the period before an
expected death occurs that supposedly serves to buffer the impact of the loss when it does
come to facilitate recovery

Anxiety Disorders - correct answer-Problems, such as feelings of severe anxiety, phobias,
and obsessive-compulsive behaviors

Artistic Personality - correct answer-Individuals enjoy expressing themselves through
unstructured tasks

Assimilation - correct answer-Taking in information that is compatible with what one already
knows (Piaget)

Assisted Living Facilities - correct answer-Supportive living arrangement for people who
need assistance with ADLs or IADLs but who are not so impaired physically or cognitively
that they need 24-hour care

,Assortative Mating - correct answer-Theory stating that people find partners based on their
similarity to each other

Attachment - correct answer-Enduring socioemotional relationship between infants and their
caregivers

Attention - correct answer-Processes that determine which information will be processed
further by an individual

Authoritarian Parenting - correct answer-Style of parenting in which parents show high levels
of control and low levels of warmth toward their children

Authoritative Parenting - correct answer-Style of parenting in which parents use a moderate
amount of control and are warm and responsive to their children

Autobiographical Memory - correct answer-Memories of the significant events and
experiences of one's own life

Autosomal Dominant Inheritance - correct answer-Presence of certain genes that means
there is a 100% change of the person eventually getting the disease

Autosomes - correct answer-First 22 pairs of chromosomes

Average Children - correct answer-As applied to children's popularity, children who are liked
and disliked by different classmates, but with relatively little intensity

Average Life Expectancy - correct answer-Age at which half of the people born in a
particular year will have died

Avoidant Attachment - correct answer-Relationship in which infants turn away from their
mothers when they are reunited following a brief separation

Axon - correct answer-Tubelike structure that emerges from the cell body and transmits
information to other neurons

Babbling - correct answer-Speechlike sounds that consist of vowel-consonant combinations;
common at about 6 months

Backup Care - correct answer-Emergency care for dependent children or adults so that an
employee does not need to lose a day of work

Basic Cry - correct answer-Cry that starts softly and gradually becomes more intense; often
heard when babies are hungry or tired

Basic Emotions - correct answer-Emotions experienced by humankind that consist of three
elements: a subjective feeling, a physiological change, and an over behavior

, Battered Woman Syndrome - correct answer-Situation occurring when a woman believes
that she cannot leave the abusive situation and may even go so far as to kill her abuser

Behavior therapy - correct answer-Type of therapy based on the notion that depressed
people experience too few rewards or reinforcements from their environment

Behavioral Genetics - correct answer-Branch of genetics that deals with inheritance of
behavioral and psychological traits; range of different outcomes

Bereavement - correct answer-State or condition caused by loss through death

Beta Analysis - correct answer-Protein that is produced in abnormally high levels in persons
with Alzheimer's Disease

Bioethics - correct answer-Study of the interface between human values, and technological
advances in health and life sciences

Biological Forces - correct answer-Genetics and Health; "processes" as much as lifestyle
factors (diet and exercise)

Biopsychosocial Framework - correct answer-A useful way to organize the biological,
psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development

Blended Family - correct answer-Family consisting of a biological parent, a stepparent, and
children

Body Mass Index/ BMI - correct answer-Adjusted ratio of weight to height related to total
body fat

Boomerang Employees - correct answer-Individuals who terminate employment at one point
in time but return to work in the same organization at a future time

Bulimia Nervosa - correct answer-Disease in which people alternate between binge eating -
periods when they eat uncomfortably - and purging with laxatives or self-induced vomiting

Burnout - correct answer-Depletion of person's energy and motivation, the loss of
occupational idealism, and the feeling that one is being exploited

Cardinality Principle - correct answer-Counting principle that states that the last number
name denotes the number of objects being counted

Career Construction Theory - correct answer-Theory that posits that people build careers
through their own actions that result from the interface of their personal characteristics and
the social context

Career Plateauing - correct answer-Situation that occurs when there is a lack of challenge in
one's job or promotional opportunity in the organization or when a person decides not to
seek advancement

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