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| fertilized egg; as it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo | |
| agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm | |
| biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience | |
| a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information | |
| interpreting one's new experience in term's of one's existing schemas | |
| below one's absolute threshold for conscious awareness | |
| information processing guided by higher-level mental processes, as when we construct perceptions drawing on our experience and expectations | |
| diminished sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimulation | |
| retinal receptors that detect black, white, and gray; necessary for peripheral and twilight vision | |
| the theory that opposing retinal processes enable color vision | |
| a tone's highness or lowness; depends on frequency | |
| focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus | |
| failure to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere | |
| an organized whole from our tendency to integrate pieces of information as a whole | |
| the ability to see objects in three dimensions although images that strike retina are two dimensional | |
