Chapter 1 PPT Notes Flashcards
Life Span
Time between birth and death
Life Path
Your experiences
Gene
The basic unit of heredity
DNA
Unique pattern of genes you have
Life experiences shaped by:
Choices and opportunities and relationships with others
Adolescence
The teen years
Developmental Task
A skill that society expects of individuals at various stages of life
Personal Identity
Sense of your individuality and your personality
Self-Esteem
Your feelings of value and importance
Understanding and accepting yourself
Personal identity and self-esteem
Growing and maturing
know to accept yourself, set and work towards goals, and grow in all areas
Grow in all areas
Physical, Intellectual, Social, and Emotional
Developing mature relationships
Family relationships change, friendships change and mature, and teens develop relationships with coworkers
Family relationships change
Teens become less dependent on parents
Preparing for a career
A career is required for independent living
Important to choose a career that:
Uses your strengths, meets financial goals, is interesting/meaningful and has opportunities for advancement
Preparing for Independance
Teens need to learn to manage money to prepare for financial responsibilities of adulthood and teens also need to learn other skills to live independently
Preparing for marriage and family living
Adolescents must develop skills to get along with others and teens also learn to help others grow and develop
Six developmental tasks of adolescence
- Understanding and accepting yourself
- growing to maturity
- developing mature relationships
4.preparing for a career - preparing for independance
- preparing for marriage and family living
To prepare for change:
Gather information about upcoming changes, develop skills to adjust to change, and anticipate challenges that come with change and make a plan to manage them
Heredity
The sum of characteristics passed down to you
7 things heredity influences
- physical appearance
- skills
- intelligence
- ability to fight disease
- how you feel, think, and behave
- your personal identity
- rate of development
Genetics
The science that studies heredity
Chromosomes
23 rod-shaped structures inherited from each parent
Dominant genes
If one is present- it determines a trait in a person and overrule recessive genes
Recessive genes
only determine a trait if a person has one from each parent
Genotype
genetic makeup of an individual or group
Punnett Square
shows possible gene pairs
Intelligence
your capacity for mental activity
What is your brain function affected by?
Genetics and environment
Neurons
billions of nerve cells in a persons brain
What are the 4 parts of a neuron?
- Cell body
- Dendrites
- Axon
- Myelin sheath
Cell body
holds genetic information
Dendrites
extensions that look like fingers of tentacles and receive information
Axon
long fiber that carries away information
Myelin sheath
coats the axon and helps transmit information
Synapse
The space between neurons
Neurotransmitters
chemicals that synapse make up
How your brain grows an develops
different experiences create new neural pathways that improve your brain
Carriers
can pass the genetic disease onto children
Genetics Counseling
help people figure out the likelihood of passing genetic conditions onto their children
Environment
everything in your surroundings
things that affect growth and development
- Family
- Technology
- Cultural heritage and society
- Media and electronic entertainment
- School
- Peers
- Community
- Stress and violence
- Religion
Prenatal
refers to the months before birth
Sibling Position
affects a child’s development
cultural heritage
influences your behaviors, values, and beliefs
Peers
people your age
Religious beliefs
influence outlook on life and give guidelines for living
Communities
influence jobs, friends, and activities and are affected by available resources
Technology
affects how people communicate, work, learn, and shop and also presents privacy concerns
Media
celebrities influence people, violent video games can have a negative influence, and people are influenced by media advertising
Stress, violence, and the global environment
events in the outside world put people under pressure, and some stress is good, but excess stress is dangerous
Resillience
The ability to thrive in spite of setbacks from environment or heredity
Brain plasticity
the ability for the brain to grow and change
