Glossary for Developmental Psychology

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Each field has its own set of terms and phrases. While they all make sense to experienced practitioners, they do not necessarily make sense to outsiders or learners. This paper provides the definitions or brief explanations of twenty-one terms a person will come across when studying human growth and development. A few examples are Working memory, haptic perception, teratogen, and cognitive neuroscience. There are seventeen sources used in this five page paper.