ch 3 textbook

Question 1

motor and sensory development proceed according to

Answer 1

cephalocaudal pattern

Question 2

infant growth pattern

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rapid first 2 years but slow
will grow to 1/2 of adult height
doubled birth weight by 4 months
trippled bw by 1st birthday

Question 3

early childhood growth pattern

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hight up weight down
slim down trunks
patterns vary by individual

Question 4

main factors for kid growth height

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genes, ethinic origin, nutrition

Question 5

mid- late childhood

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slow and consistant growth
2-3 inchs a year
gain 5/7 pounds a year

Question 6

puberty

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brain-neuroendocrine process in early adolescence rapid physical changes

Question 7

menarche

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first menstration

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hypothalamus

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eating sexual behavior

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pituitary gland

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growth and regulates other glands
release sex hormones, growth hormones

Question 10

gonadotropins

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hormones that stimualte testes or ovaries

Question 11

estradiol

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estrogen associated with brest, uterine, and skeletal development

Question 12

pituitary gland volume linked to

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circulating blood levels of estradiol and testosterone

Question 13

what is a better predictor of depression and anger

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social factors not hormones

Question 14

early growth spurt/period for boys and girls indicates

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shorter girls but taller boys

Question 15

when do boys puberty start/end

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10-13.5
13-17

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girls puberty range

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9-15

Question 17

early maturation in girls more likely to

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more likely to drink be depressed have an ED, struggle basically

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late maturation in boys

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negative body image

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early maturation better for boys or girls?

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boys

Question 20

early adulthood

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peak functioning of body and physical performance

Question 21

mid adulthood

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varies greatly
lose height
gain weight
wrinkle and sag skin
aging spots

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sarcopenia

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age related loss of lean muscle and strength

Question 23

max bone desity occurs

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mid to late 30s, declines after

Question 24

cardio disease increases by

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middle ages

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when do lungs decline

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55, less elastic

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climacteric

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midlife transition when fertility declines

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menopause

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estrogen decline age 52 hot flashes, nausea, fatigue, quick heartbeat

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late adulthood

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increasesed risk of disability face wrinkle, weight drops, hypertension

Question 29

The development of the brain mainly changes in a bottom-to-top sequence with

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sensory, appetitive (eating, drinking), sexual, sensation-seeking, and risk-taking brain linkages maturing first and higher-level brain linkages such as self-control, planning, and reasoning maturing later

Question 30

cerebral cortex

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80% of volume perception, thinking, language

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forebrain

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top, farthest from spinal cord

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frontal love

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voluntary movement, thinking, personality, emotion, memory, attention,

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temporal lobe

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hearing, language, memory

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parietal lobes

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spatial location, focusing attention, maintaining motor control

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amygdala

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emotions

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hippocampus

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memory and emotions

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left hemi controls

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speech and grammar

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right hemi

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humor and metaphors attention emotionl

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laterlization

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specialization of function in one hemi or cortex or the other

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The substantial increases in memory and rapid learning that characterize infants and young children are related

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to myelination and synaptic growt

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poverty dimmishies brian function is younger kids

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trueee

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corpus callosum

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fibers connect the brain left and right

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corpus callosum thickens in adolensence leading to

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increased ability to porces info

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limbic sustem

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emotions rewards matures later

Question 45

neruotransmiiter slevels durring puberty

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changes

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disjunction bn limbic system and prefrontal cortex

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increased risk taking an dporblems

Question 47

On average, the brain loses - percent of its weight between the ages of 20 and 90

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5 to 10

Question 48

what parts of brain shrink with aging

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prefrontal cortex

Question 49

nuerogenisis can happen in

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olfactory and hippocampus

Question 50

can dentrites grow thur out life

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yea but stop at like 90s

Question 51

laterlization in adults

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is good, makes them thinkfast