Unit 3 Flashcards

Front

Developmental Psychology is a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development throughout the lifespan.

Back

Developmental Psychology focuses on understanding how individuals grow and change physically, cognitively, and socially-emotionally over their entire lives.

Front

Cross-sectional study involves research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time.

Back

Cross-sectional study is a method used to analyze differences among age groups by studying them simultaneously at a single point in time.

Front

Longitudinal Study is research that follows and retests the same people over time.

Back

Longitudinal Study tracks the same individuals over a period of time to observe changes and developments.

Front

Teratogens

Back

Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.

Front

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Back

Physical and cognitive function deficits in children caused by their birth mother’s heavy drinking during pregnancy.

Front

Maturation

Back

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.

Front

Critical Period

Back

An optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development.

Front

Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.

Back

Adolescence marks the phase where individuals develop independence and transition from childhood to adulthood.

Front

Puberty is a period of sexual maturation during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.

Back

Puberty signifies the biological changes that enable a person to reproduce.

Front

Menopause is the time of natural cessation of menstruation, where a woman's ability to reproduce declines.

Back

Menopause represents the biological changes in a woman as her reproductive ability decreases.