Modules 45-47

1. decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation. As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner.

• maturation

• habituation

• assimilation

• accommodation

2.  the fertilized egg; enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

• zygote

• fetus

• germ

• teratogen

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

• teratogens

• schemas

• fetal alcohol syndrome

• habituation

4.  the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month.

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

• teratogen

5.  physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking. In severe cases, symptoms include noticeable facial misproportions

• teratogen

• fetal alcohol syndrome

• habituation

• egocentrism

6.  the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth.

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

• germ

7.  a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

• developmental psychology

• maturation

• theory of mind

• egocentrism

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

• maturation

• habituation

• accommodation

• assimilation

9.  all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

• cognition

• egocentrism

• maturation

• conservation

10.  a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

• schema

• theory of mind

• conservation

• cognition