Developmental Psychology Exam 3 (copy)

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Stunting
When someone or something is shorter than expected, determined by being two standard deviations below the global average.
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Corpus Callosum
The structure that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
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Cerebellum
The part of the brain that controls balance and motor movements, containing 80% of the neurons.
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Hippocampus
The area of the brain involved in transferring information from short-term to long-term memory.
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Reticular Formation
The part of the brain that controls attention.
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Infantile Amnesia
The inability of most humans to remember episodes from the first three years of life, potentially due to immature hippocampus.
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Cultural Learning in Early Childhood
The process by which children learn culturally specific behavior patterns based on the influences around them.
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Social Development in Preschool
The most effective preschools emphasize social development over academic subjects.
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Animism
The belief where children interact with animals as if they are people.
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Grammar
The universal structure for the rules of language.
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Pragmatics
Cultural or social aspects of language.
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Gender Schemas
Social scripts created by cultural values that dictate appropriate gender behavior.
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Authoritative Parenting
A parenting style characterized by high responsiveness and high demandingness, proven to be the most beneficial for children.
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Authoritarian Parenting
A parenting style characterized by high demandingness and low responsiveness, often leading to less confident children.
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Permissive Parenting
A parenting style characterized by low demandingness and high responsiveness, linked to immaturity in children.
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Disengaged Parenting
A parenting style characterized by low demandingness and low responsiveness, associated with impulsive behaviors.
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Cultural Morality
Morality that is culture-bound and seen primarily through a self-interest lens during early childhood.
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Margret Mead
A prominent anthropologist known for her work on non-western cultures and social development patterns.
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Four Hypotheses of Infantile Amnesia
Language, hippocampal growth, stress (Freud), and individual vs. collectivism.