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Development

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Continuous Development   No Stages: Theorists: Vygotsky, Horney, Kagan  
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Discontinuous Development   Stage Theorists: Piaget, Freud, Erikson, Kohlberg  
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Nature   Heredity, Innate, Genetic  
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Nurture   Environment, Learning by Observation  
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Stable   Traits that remain fixed from birth  
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Unstable   Traits that can change from birth  
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Cross-sectional Studies   Groups studied for a brief amount of time--a snapshot of your study  
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Longitudinal Studies   Groups studied for a longer period of time over months or years  
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Cross-sequential Studies   Begins as a cross-sectional study and continues into a longitudinal study because of an interesting outcome found in the cross-sectional study  
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Cohort   Each group in a study  
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Cohort Effect   If something unusual occurs with a cohort that would cause the study to be skewed, then the cohort must be eliminated from the study  
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Germinal Period of Prenatal Development: Stage One   First two weeks after conception. Zygote travels down the fallopian tube and attaches to the uterus. Umbilical cord forms  
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zygote   46 chromos, 23 from each parent  
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Difference between fertilization and pregnancy   Fertilization is when sperm penetrates the egg and zygote is formed. Pregnancy is when and if the zygote attaches to the uterus and pregnancy hormones produce. 20% of fertilizations or pregnancies are ended during this time.  
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Embryonic Period: Stage Two   From end of second week to end of the eighth week. Cells begin to specialize and organs begin to form.  
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Fetal Period: Stage Three   From beginning of ninth week to Birth. Organs begin to interact and become stable  
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Chromosomal Irregularities   1. Turner Syndrome 2. Kleinfelter Syndrome 3. Down Syndrome  
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Turner Syndrome   Females: Only one X with a partial X or missing the second X chromosomes. Irregular growth, ovaries are missing, low functioning IQ, tumors behind the eyes  
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Kleinfelter Syndrome   Two X and one Y chromosomes on 23rd pair for males. Overweight with breasts and sterile  
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Down Syndrome   Extra chromosome #21: Functioning on spectrum, abnormal facial characteristics  
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Recessive Trait Irregularities   1. Ashkenazi Jewish descent: Tay Sachs 2. Sub Sahara African descent: Sickle Cell Anemia 3. Cystic Fibrosis  
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Tay Sachs Disease   Irregularity of nervous system. Death at 2-3 years old  
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Sickle cell Anemia   Red blood cells with irregular shape like a sickle. Not enough area to carry proper amount of oxygen.  
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Cystic Fibrosis   Thickened mucous that collects in the lungs making pulmonary problems  
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On the no eat list of foods during pregnancy   Caffeine, sushi, deli meats, soft cheeses, fish, salt  
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Caffeine   Stimulant  
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Sushi   Bacteria and parasites  
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Fish   Some like tuna high in mercury  
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Deli Meats   Bacteria and high in salt  
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Salt   Increase in water weight gain, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsis  
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Soft Cheeses   Bacteria  
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Soda   High sugar and food dye  
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Know the effects of substances   Smoking tobacco or weed, cocaine, narcotics, alcohol  
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Physical Development   1. Supporting neck; 2. Supporting chest; 3. Roll over; 4. Sit; 5. Crawl; 6. pull up to stand; 7. cruise; 8. stand alone; 9. walk; 10. navigate stairs  
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Puberty   Hormonal changes for adolescent development  
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Primary Sex Characteristics   Birth sex organs  
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Secondary Sex Characteristics   Males: Increase in testosterone and facial and body hair--pubic and underarm Females: Increase in estrogen; First period, breast development, pubic and underarm hair  
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Menarche   Appearance of first period  
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Menopause   Cessation of monthly periods  
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Aging Physical Debilities   Decreased eyesight and hearing; balance problems  
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Elizabeth Kubler Ross   Five Stages of Grief 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance  
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schema   Set of ideas about an object or event  
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assimilation   taking in new information into an existing schema  
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Accommodation   Discovering that new information does not fit the schema, so you create a new schema  
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object permanence   stages of discovering that an object doesn't disappear even though it can't be seen  
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Conservation   Although the form of matter changes, the amount does not  
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Sensorimotor Stage   Birth to two years old. Infants reason with their movement and senses  
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Preoperational Stage   Two to five years old. Egotistical Stage. Cannot reason about an event without putting themselves in the middle of the reason  
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Concrete Operational Stage   Six to eleven years old: If they witness the event, they can reason about it  
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Formal Operational Stage   Ages 12+ They can reason hypothetically--how and why did this event occur?  
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Vygotsky   sociocultural theorist but still a cognitive theory. Uses the Zone of Proximal Development to explain how a child learns. The difference between their achievement with an expert and their original aptitude without the expert. Scaffolding  
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Scaffolding   Vygotsky's idea of student-centered learning--teacher prepares a 2-3 day lesson, and student groups work together and teach other. Teacher provides bridging comments to groups but does not teach.  
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Information Processing Theory   Brain works like a computer  
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Apgar Score   Infant scored at one minute after birth and again at five minutes for appearance, respiration, heart rate, muscle tone, grimace reflex  
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Ten physical milestones   support head, support chest (tummy time), roll over, sit, crawl, stand upright pulling up, cruising, stand up and balance alone, walk, negotiate stairs  
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Reflexes checked at one/two months   Babinski, Palmer Grasping, Moro Startle, Rooting, Sucking, Stepping  
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Babinski   Stroke bottom of foot and toes will fan out  
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Palmer Grasping   If object touches baby's palm, they will grasp it with fingers curled around it  
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Moro Startle   Make loud noise and baby will throw arms out and bring them back over chest  
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Rooting   Baby will turn head toward the cheek being stroked  
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Sucking   Must be able to suck to thrive with breast or bottle  
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Stepping   Holding baby under arms, hold upright with feet touching a hard surface and they will step across the surface  
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Habituation   When baby loses interest in presented object--now it is in memory  
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Dishabituation   When baby shows interest again in presented object--now out of memory. Tells us how long the memory has endured  
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Kohlberg - Stages of Moral Development   Preconventional, Conventional, Post Conventional  
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Preconventional   Stage one: Child obeys to avoid punishment Stage two: Child obeys out of self-interest  
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Conventional   Stage 3: Child obeys to please--good girl/good boy Stage 4: Person obeys because that is the law  
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Post-Conventional   Stage 5: Social contract: citizen has responsibility to call attention an unfair law to government via activism Stage 6: responsibility to break the law to call attention to it  
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Social-Emotional Development Theorists   Harlow - bonding; Ainsworth - attachment: Kagan - temperament Baumrind - parenting  
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Harlow   Rhesus Monkey Study - know it  
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Ainsworth   Attachment Study - Strange Situation Study - Know it  
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Secure Attachment   Baby is easily soothed by mother on her return - mother has been available to infant to provide needs. Secure in love relationships  
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Anxious-Resistant Attachment   Baby is angry with mother and often hits her. Mother has been inconsistent in her care of her infant. Needy, manipulative, abusive in love relationships  
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Anxious-Avoidant Attachment   Baby doesn't care when mother leaves nor when she returns. Mother has rejected the baby. Non-committal in future love relationships  
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Kagan   Know his experiment about temperament  
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Temperament   Nature: intensity of mood when introduced to strange stimuli  
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Easy Going   No reaction to the balloon waving  
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Difficult   Infant stiffens up, flails around and cries  
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Slow to Warm   Infant stiffens then relaxes  
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Diana Baumrind   Parenting expert  
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Authoritarian   My way or the highway - no discussion: children timid with authority or rebel  
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Authoritative   Best style: Set boundaries, child knows consequences, parents will discuss - children good problem solvers and high self-confidence  
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Permissive   Parents want to be child's friend--few limitations. Child confused about boundaries  
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Negligent   Parents have few rules, no communication with children. Children are attention seeking, at risk kids  
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Self-Monitoring/Self-Referencing   Parents and teachers help children in new situations, "Behave like the other children are behaving." Discuss with them. Very little social anxiety for these people.  
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Cephalocaudal Dev   Infant physical development moves from head to feet  
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Proximodistal Dev   Infant physical development moves from midline chest and outward  
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