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Match the following terms and definitions.
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development

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original sin

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tabula rasa

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innate goodness

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life-span perspective

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context

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culture

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cross-cultural studies

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ethnicity

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socioeconomic status (SES)

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gender

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cognitive processes

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nature–nurture issue

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continuity–discontinuity issue

A)Refers to Swiss-born philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's belief that children are inherently good.
B)Comparisons of one culture with one or more other cultures.
C)Latin term used by John Locke to indicate his belief that children are like "blank tablets" ("clean slates") on which their characteristics are drawn as they mature.
D)Pattern of change that begins at conception and continues throughout the life span. Most development involves growth, although it also includes decline brought on by aging, which ends in death..
E)Changes in a person's thought, intelligence, and language.
F)The perspective that development is lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it involves growth, maintenance, and regulation.
G)The behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a group that are passed on from generation to generation.
H)Characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality, race, religion, and language.
I)The setting in which development occurs. Development is influenced by historical, economic, social, and cultural factors.
J)The psychological and sociocultural dimensions of being female or male.
K)The grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristics.
L)Refers to the debate about whether development is primarily influenced by what we are born with or what we experience in our environment as we grow.
M)Focuses on the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change (continuity) or distinct stages (discontinuity).
N)Refers to the condition, according to early Christian doctrine, into which children were born, thus making them basically evil beings.







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