Key Terms

developmental psychology (p. 426)

zygote

germinal stage

embryonic stage

fetal stage

myelination

teratogens

fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

infancy

motor development

reflexes

cephalocaudal rule

proximodistal rule

cognitive development

sensorimotor stage

schemas

assimilation

accommodation

object permanence

childhood

preoperational stage

concrete operational stage

conservation

formal operational stage

egocentrism

theory of mind

attachment

Strange Situation

temperaments

internal working model of relationships

preconventional stage

conventional stage

postconventional stage

adolescence

puberty

primary sex characteristics

secondary sex characteristics

adulthood