chapter 1-3 Flashcards
Development
The pattern of movement or change that because that conception and continues to do the through the lifespan
Normative age graded influences
Influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group
Normative history graded influences
influences That are common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances
Non-normative life events
Unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual’s life like being famous
piaget
nature vs nurture
stability and change
interaction w environment
freud in order
oral anal phallic latency genital
erickson
integrity versus despair … identity vs role confusion
believed there were conflicts
vygotsky
upturn and social interaction leads to cognitive development
mitosis
Cellular reproduction in which the cells nucleus duplicates itself into two new cells 23 pairs of chromosomes
how many pairs of chromosomes
23
meiosis
A specialized form of cell division that occurs to form eggs and sperm
zygote
A single cell formed through fertilization
genotype
All of the persons genetic material
Down syndrome
An extra chromosome
Klinefelter syndrome
happens to males, one more X causes female like features
Turner syndrome
A missing X chromosome that could lead to intellectual disability and sexual under development of females
germinal period
The period of prenatal development that takes place during the first two weeks after conception creation of zygote cell division
embryonic period
The period of prenatal development that occurs from 2 to 8 weeks after conception support systems for the cells form and organs appear
organogenesis
The process of Oregon formation
fetal period
The prenatal period of development of the kids too much after conception and last for seven months
apgar scale
closer to 10 the better
Cephalocaudal pattern
growth starts at the head
proximodistal pattern
Growth starts at the center of the body
Menarche
Girls first period
climacteric
Midlife transition during which fertility declines
menopause
not having a period for a year
frontal lobe
movements thinking personality
Corpus callosum
A large bundle of acts on fibers that connects the brains left and right hemispheres they stick it in adolescence to process information more effectively
Neurogenesis
New generation of neurons
life span
The maximum number of years did individual can live
