Chapter 10.1, developmental psychology

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Developmental psychology

________: is the field in which psychologists study how people grow and change throughout their life span- from conception, through infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood until death.

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Critical period

________: is a stage or point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern.

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Maturation

________: is the automatic and sequential process of development that result from genetic signals.

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Childhood experience

________ affects people as adolescents and adults, studying early stagesof development psychologist can learn about developmental problem and what causes them and how to treat them.

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sectional method individuals

Cross ________ are born at different times introduces the possibility that they might have grown up with different educational methods, medical treatments.

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