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H&G
Question | Answer |
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ALLELE | ONE OF TWO OR MORE FORMS OF A GENE (THE GENETIC CODE THAT REPRESENTS A SPECIFIED TRAIT) |
AMNIOCENTESIS | INVOLVES TESTING FLUID FROM THE SAC CONTAINTING THE FETUS |
ANDROGYNOUS | COMBINATION OF BOTH MASCULINE AND FEMININE TRAITS |
ANOXIA | POTENTIALLY SERIOUS BIRTH COMPLICATION RELATED TO OXYGEN DEPRIVATION (CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE, MOST OFTEN CAUSE BY CORD CONSTRICTION) |
AUTOSOME | ANY CHROMOSOME THAT IS NOT AN ALLOSOME (REPRODUCTIVE) |
BRAIN STEM | LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN THE VERY LOWEST STRUCTURE IS THE MEDULLA, RESPONSIBLE FOR INVOLUNTARY REFLEXES |
CELL DIVISION | PROCESS BY WHICH PARENTAL CELL DIVIDES INTO TWO OR MORE DAUGHTER CELLS |
CEPHALOCAUDAL PRINCIPLE | DESCRIBES ONE OF THE TWO PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT ASSERTS THAT GROWTH PROGRESSES FROM HEAD TO TOE |
CLONING | UTILIZES THE PROCESS OF MITOSIS WHICH REPLICATES A GENETIC CODE INTO DIFFERENT CELLS (DOLLY THE SHEEP) |
CONCEPTION | OCCURS WHEN A FATHERS SPERM JOINS WITH A MOTHERS EGG. |
PROCESS OF CONCEPTION | 1. OVUM IS RELEASED 2. MALE SPERM PENETRATES EGG 3. A ZYGOTE IS CREATED |
EMBRYO PERIOD | TIME FROM ZYGOTE ATTACHMENT TO UTERINE WALL TO FIRST BONE DEVELOPMENT |
DNA | 60 TRILLION CELLS |
DOMINANT GENE | ONE GENE SURPRESSES THE CHARACTERISTICS CONTROLLED BY THE OTHER. |
RECESSIVE GENE | GENERALLY NOT EXPRESSED WHEN PAIRED WITH A DOMINANT GENE |
EXAMPLES OF DOMINANT GENES | BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES. |
DOWN SYNDROME | CONGENITAL DISORDER THAT CAUSES MILD TO SEVERE MENTAL RETARDATION. CAUSED BY EXTRA CHROMOSOME. 1 OUT OF 1000 BIRTHS |
DRIVE | A STATE OF TENSION RESULTING FROM A NEED THAT AOUSES AND DIRECTS AN ORGANISMS BEHAVIOR. |
EXPERIMENT | |
ABRAHAM MASLOW THEORY | HIERARCHY OF NEEDS |
HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | NEEDS AT THE BOTTOM MUST BE FULFILLED FIRST, HIGHER NEEDS GIVE MOTIVATION |
MASLOW WAS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT MOVEMENT? | HUMANISM IN PSYCHOLOGY |
WHAT DID MASLOW STRESS? | THE IMPORTANCE ON FOCUSING ON THE POSITICE QUALITIES IN PEOPLE AND NOT TREATING THEM AS A BAG OF SYMPTOMS |
ALBERT BANDURA THEORY | SOCIAL LEARNING |
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY | |
SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY EMPHASIZED WHAT? | SELF DIRECTIONS AND MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
ALFRED BINET | FRENCH PSYCHOLOGIST WHO CREATED THE FIRST IQ TEST. |
BINET-SIMON SCALE | REFERS TO INTELLECTUAL LEVEL OR MENTAL AGE OF A CHILD V CHRONOLOGICAL AGE |
B.F. SKINNER | COINED THE TERM OPERANT- MAINTAINED THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO REPEAT BEHAVIORS WITH POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES |
OPERANT | BEHAVIOR THAT AN ORGANISM MAY USE TO OPERATE ON ITS ENVIRONMENT |
DIANA BAUMRIND | DEFINED THE THREE DISCIPLINARY STYLES OF PARENTING |
3 DISCIPLINARY STYLES OF PARENTING | AUTHORITARIAN AUTHORITATIVE PERMISSIVE |
ERIK ERIKSON | STUDIED UNDER FREUD EXPANDED AND DEFINED THE STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT |
WHAT DID ERIKSON SUGGEST? | THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS IN A HEALTHY FASHION AS DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS ARE CONFRONTED AND RESOLVED. HE BELIEVED THE PRIMARY TASK OF ADOLESENCE IS IDENTITY |
WHAT ARE 3 WAYS THAT ERIKSON DIFFERED FROM FREUD? | 1. FOCUSED ON PSYCHOSOCIAL V. PSYCHOSEXUAL 2. DID NOT BELIEVE THAT A FAILURE AT ANY STAGE WOULD CAUSE IRRERSIBLE HARM. 3. ERIKSON DEFINED STAGES THROUGHOUT LIFE WHILE FREUD STOPPED AT ADOLESCENCE |
GREGOR MENDEL | AUSTRIAN FRIAR MONK- FOUNDER OF THE NEW SCIENCE OF GENETICS. CROSS BRED PEAS, DISCOVERED SIMPLE INHERITANCE WHICH LINKS OFFSPRING TO PARENTS. |
HARRY HARLOW | AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST MATERNAL SEPERATION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION EXPERIMENTS. COINED TERM LEARNING SET |
LEARNING SET | REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO LEARN. PATTERNS AND SHORTCUTS MADE THEM MORE EFFICIENT LEARNERS. SOLVES MORE PROBLEMS WITH EXPERIENCE. |
IVAN PAVLOV | RUSSIAN BEHAVIORIST-PAVLOVS DOGS- CLASSICAL CONDITIONING- |
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING | LEARNING OCCURS AS A RESULT OF CONDITIONING OR REPEATED PRESENCE OF A STIMULUS. |
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU | CHILDREN ARE INNATELY GOOD- HOLDS ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN HEREDITARY INTO SHAPING NEGATIVE CHANGES IN DISPOSITION AND PERSONALITIES. |
JEAN PIAGET | SWISS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCHER- BIOLOGIST FIRST AND NATURALIST. COGNITIVE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT |
COGNITIVE THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT | COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCEEDS IN FOUR STAGES WHICH CAN BE ACHEIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT CHILDREN. |
4 STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT | SENSORIMOTOR PREOPERATIONAL CONCRETE OPERATIONAL FORMAL OPERATIONAL |