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1
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what did benjamin spock teach?

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no excessive demands on children

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2
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what did John b Watson teach?

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Rigid feeding and toilet training schedules.

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3
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who said rigidity ensures that children will become emotionally “hard”

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John B watson

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4
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study of genetic contributions to behavior or traits

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behavior genetics

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5
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affects a broad range of behaviors

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heredity

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6
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context in which each child develops

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ecology

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7
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scientist that talks abiut ecology

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Urie bronfenbrenner

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8
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world is made up of independent people whose achievements and responsibilities are individual not collective

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individualism

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9
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emphasis on group identity, sharing, and group decision- making

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collectivism

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10
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behavior is governed by unconscious as well as conscious processes.

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pyschoanalytic theories

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11
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scientist that talks about pyschosexual stages

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sigmund freud

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12
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talks about psychosocial stages

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eric erikson

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13
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talks about how nature of the human organism is to adapt to its environment

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jean piaget

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14
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talks about complex forms of thinking have their origins in social interactions

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lev vygotsky

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15
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talks about classical conditioning

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Ivan pavlov

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16
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process in which teachers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem

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scaffolding

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17
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a learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus

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classical conditioning

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18
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discovered social cognitive theory

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Albert Bandura

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19
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observational learning or modeling

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social cognitive theory

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20
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extensive study of one culture based on observation

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ethnography

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21
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protection of animal rights and human subjects

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research ethics

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22
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5 rules of research ethics

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  1. protection from harm
  2. informed consent
  3. confidentially
  4. knowledge of results
  5. protection from deception
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23
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when a ovum and sperm connect what do they make?

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a zygote

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24
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process of making a zygote

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conception

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25
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how many pairs of chromosomes are there

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26
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what are ovums and sperms known as?

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gametes

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27
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human chromosome that has the most problems

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Human chromosome #20

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28
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toxins like smoking, alchol, heroine and marjuana

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teratogens

29
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when the two sets of instructions are the same at any given locus

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homozygous pair

30
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when the two sets of instructions are different at any given locus

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heterozygous pair

31
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many genes blend together to increase

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polygenic inheritance

32
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expression of traits that are influenced by both genes and environment

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multifactorial patterns

33
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some genes are biochemically marked at the time ova and sperm develop

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genomic imprinting

34
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genes passed only from mother to child

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mitochondrial inheritance

35
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stages of prenatal development

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germinal stage - embryonic stage - fetal stage

36
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the germinal stage is the

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migration of the zygote

37
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embryonic stage is when

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the foundation of all body orgabs are formed and all major organs and systems begin ti develop

38
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the fetus stage is

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the refinement of all organ systems and age of viability

39
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rapid development of neurons between the 10th and 18th week of destation

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neuronal proliferation

40
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the movement of neurons to specialized regions of the brain

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neuronal migration

41
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diferences in prenatal development for boys and girls

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girls slightly faster skeletal development

boys are slightly heavier and longer at birth and are more vulnerable to prenatal problems

42
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causes mild to severe intellectual disability

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fragile X syndrome

43
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viral disease that has symptoms like mild measles

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rubella

44
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substances that cause damage to embryo

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teratogens

45
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the three stages of birth

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  1. Dilation and effacement
  2. birth of the baby
  3. delivery of the placenta and umbilical cord (afterbirth)
46
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cesarean section is

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a c section and a wat to deliver a child by cutting through the wall of the mother’s abdomen

47
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optimal birthweight is

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6.6 to 11 pounds

48
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regulates breathing, heart and blood vessel function, digestion, sneezing and swallowing.

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medulla

49
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portion of the central nervous system associated with vision hearing motor control sleep wake arousal and temperature regulation

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midbrain

50
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reflex when a child feels its falling

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moro reflex

51
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when the baby close its fingers and toes when touched

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babinski reflex

52
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sleeping with the child

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cosleeping

53
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uncontrollable crying last for more than 3 hours per day disappears at 3-4 months

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colic

54
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development proceeds from head to toe

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cephalocaudal

55
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development proceeds from trunk out towards the fingers

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proximodistal

56
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baby organizes experiences into expectancies

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schematic learning

57
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built up over many exposures to particular experiences

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schemas

58
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inborn predisposition that form foundations of personality

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temperament

59
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superior nutritionally

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breast feeding

60
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death of a seemingly healthy baby in its sleep, due to an apparent spontaneous cessation of breathing

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sudden infant death syndrome (sids)

61
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process of coating the axon of each neruon with a fatty coating called myelin

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myellination

62
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fatty coating that protects the neuron and helps it conduct signals more efficiently

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myelin

63
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two halves of the human brain are not exactly alike

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lateralization

64
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ability to identify and act on relationships of objects in space

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spatial perception

65
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ability to infer rules from and make predictions about the movements of objects in space

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spatial cognition

66
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relating to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behavior

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psychosocial

67
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relation of organisms to one another and their surroundings

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ecology

68
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passing of physicla or mental characteristics genetically from generation to another

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heredity

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