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- moral development; presented boys moral dilemmas and studied their responses and reasoning processes in making moral decisions.
- the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it.
- child development; investigated how culture & interpersonal communication guide development; zone of proximal development; play research
- Known for his theory of cognitive development in children
- possessing biological sexual characteristics of both sexes
- the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.
- Studied attachment in monkeys with artificial mothers; contact comfort
- the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines.
- philosopher who said our minds are a blank slate at birth; tabula rasa
- Presented feminist critique of Kolhberg's moral development theory; believed women's moral sense guided by relationships
- a life-threatening, sexually transmitted infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It depletes the immune system, leaving the person vulnerable to infections.
- the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible.
- the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "Who am I?" that comes from our group memberships.
- non-reproductive sexual traits, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair.
- an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation), the other sex (heterosexual orientation), or both sexes (bisexual orientation).
- all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves, in answer to the question, "Who am I?"
- an optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development.
- a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.
- the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.
- research in which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period.