Development Psychology

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Egocentrism

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A young child's inability to understand another person's perspective.

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Trust vs Mistrust

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In Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, this is the issue in the infancy stage.

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Anatomy vs Shame

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In Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, this is the issue in the toddlerhood stage.

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Initiative vs Guilt

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In Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, this is the issue in the preschool stage.

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Competence vs Inferiority

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In Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, this is the issue in the school-age stage.

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Assimilation

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Using an existing schema to deal with a new object or situation.

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Accommodation

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Modifying an existing schema to fit a new object or situation.

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Schema

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An internal representation of the world.

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Cognition

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The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

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Developmental Psychology

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The scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life.