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Match each term with the appropriate definition.Not all definitions will be used.
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Explain the factors influencing child development, including genetic and environmental contributions.
Comprehend the stages of cognitive development according to Piaget.
Describe the process of how children develop social cognition and the understanding of others.
Identify and explain the significance of critical concepts in developmental psychology such as cohort effects and attrition.

Definitions:

Personality Development

The formation of an individual's distinctive character traits, behaviors, and patterns of thinking across the lifespan.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are kept out of conscious awareness.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory introduced by Sigmund Freud, which suggests that a child has unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

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