AP Psychology Developmental Psychology

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

• Behavioral psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Social psychology

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

• Zygote

• Embryo

• Fetus

• teratogens

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

• zygote

• embryo

• fetus

• teratogens

physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's heavy drinking. In severe cases, signs include a small, out-of-proportion head and abnormal facial features

• fetal alcohol syndrome

• secure attachment

• relational aggression

• Alzheimer's disease

decreasing responsiveness with repeated exposure to a stimulus

• Adaptation
• Habituation
• Sensitization
• Stimulation

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

• Learning
• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Maturation

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

• cognition
• physical activity
• emotion
• calculation

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

• Table
• Schema
• Cupboard
• Chair

the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

• infant
• fetus
• toddler
• adolescent

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

• teratogens
• antioxidants
• probiotics
• antihistamines