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👶Developmental Psychology
Key Terms

228 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Developmental Psychology exam

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A

Abstract reasoning
Active Sleep
Activity Theory
Adolescent egocentrism
Ageism
Albert Bandura
Amniotic Sac
Arbitrary symbols
Arnold Gesell
Assistive devices
Assistive technology
Attachment figure

B

Basic emotions
Behavior problems
Behavioral traits
Bernice Neugarten
Big Five Personality Traits
Blended families
Body Image
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Brain lateralization
Brain reserve
Breech Presentation
Buffering hypothesis
Bullying

C

Career Plateaus
Career self-efficacy
Case-control studies
Cephalocaudal Development
Cephalocaudal principle
Child Development
Child-rearing
Childhood understanding of death
Chronic Health Conditions
Chronic illness
Chronic Stress
Chronosystem
Cognitive Abilities
Cognitive Load Theory
Critical Period Hypothesis
Critical Windows
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-modal transfer
Cultural attitudes toward adolescence
Cultural Tools

D

Death anxiety
Death anxiety in adolescence
Death Awareness
Decanalization
Defense Mechanisms
Deferred imitation
Delay gratification
Delinquency
Denver Developmental Screening Test
Depth Perception
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Developmental delays
Developmental milestones
Developmental niche
Developmental plasticity
Developmental Scales
Developmental Tasks
Deviance Training
Dialectical thinking
Differential susceptibility model
Difficult temperament
Disengagement Theory
Disorganized Attachment
Dynamic Systems Theory

E

Emotional Autonomy
Emotional Coaching
Emotional Contagion
Emotional reactivity
Emotional Socialization
Empathy development