AP Psych Unit 6 Vocab

a branch of psych that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

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the fertilized egg

it enters a 20week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

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

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the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

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agents (chemicals or viruses) that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

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physical and cognitive abnormalities in kids caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking

signs include a small, out-of-proportion head and abnormal facial features

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decreasing responsiveness w/ repeated stimulation

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

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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

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