Chapter 2 Key Terms Flashcards

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acculturation

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children from a cultural minority groups face challenges adapting to their receiving culture

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etiology

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the study of the causes of disorders. With respect to childhood disorders, etiology considers how biological, psychological and environmental processes interact.

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Developmental psychopathology

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An approach to describing and studying disorders of childhood and adolescence in a manner that emphasizes the importance of developmental processes and tasks. This approach uses abnormal development to inform normal development and vice versa.

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interdependent

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applies to the assumption that abnormal child behaviour is determined by both the child and his or her environment and that these two factors are interconnected

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Transaction

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The process by which the subject and environment interact in a dynamic fashion to contribute to the expression of a disorder, and one cannot be separated from the other.

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Continuity

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A theoretical position for explaining development that proposes that normal and abnormal developmental changes are gradual and quantitative. Continuity theorists argue that development is an additive process that is ongoing rather than in distinct stages

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Discontinuity

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A theoretical position for explaining development that proposes that normal and abnormal developmental changes are abrupt and qualitative. Discontinuity theorists such as Piaget and Erickson, Argue that children pass through developmental stages which are qualitatively different from one another

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Developmental Cascades

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The process by which a child’s previous experiences and interactions may spread across other systems and alter his or her course of development

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Epigenetics

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the study of how behaviours and environment can cause changes that affect the way an individual’s genes work.

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Adaptational Failure

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Failure to master or progress in accomplishing specific developmental milestones

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Organization of Development

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The assumption that early patterns of adaptation evolve over time and transform into higher-order functions in a structured manner. For instance, infant eye contact and speech sounds evolve and transform into speech and language

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Sensitive Periods

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Windows of time during which environmental influences on development (both good and bad) are heightened, thus providing enhanced opportunities to learn.

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Neural Plasticity

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The malleable nature of the brain, evidenced throughout the course of development (use-dependent). Although infants are born with basic brain processes, experience leads to anatomical differentiation. That is, certain synapses of the brain are strengthened and stabilized. while others regress and disappear

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Behavioural Genetics

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A branch of genetics that investigates possible connections between a genetic predisposition and an observed behaviour

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epigenetics

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the underlying biological changes to genetic structure resulting from environmental factors such as toxins, diet, stress, and many others

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Molecular Genetics

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The methods of genetics that directly assess the association between variations in DNA sequences and Variations in particular trait(s). These methods offer more direct support for genetic influences on child psychopathology.

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Frontal Lobes

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Area of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere responsible for the functions underlying much of our thinking and reasoning abilities, including memory

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epinephrine

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a hormone produced by the adrenal glands that is released into the bloodstream in response to stress in order to energize and prepare the body for a possible threat. (produced by the adrenal glands)

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cortisol

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a stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands

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HPA Axis ( hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal)

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A regulatory system of the brain made up of the hypothalamus control center and the pituitary and adrenal glands; it influences a person’s response to stress and his or her ability to regulate emotions.

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Brain Circuits

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Paths made up of clustered neurons that connect one part of the brain to another

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Emotion Reactivity

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A dimension of emotional processes associated with individual differences in the threshold and intensity of emotional experience

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Emotion regulation

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the process by which emotional arousal is redirected, controlled, or modified to facilitate adaptive functioning

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Temperament

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The child’s innate reactivity and self-regulation with respect to the domains of emotions, activity level, and attention; the child’s organized style of behaviour that appears early in development, such a fussiness or fearfulness, that shapes the child’s approach to his or her environment, and vice versa.

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Personality Disorders

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An enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates noticeably from the expectations of the individual’s culture, resulting in clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning.

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Social Learning

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behavior may be learned not only by operant and classical conditioning, but also indirectly through observational (vicarious) learning.

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Social Cognition

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A construct to describe how people think about themselves in relation to others, and how they interpret ambiguous events and solve problems.

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Shared Environment

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refers to environmental factors the produce similarities in developmental outcomes among siblings in the same family

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non-shared environment

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a subtype of environmental influences that refers to the environmental factors that produce behavioural differences among siblings living in the same household.

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attachment

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the process of establishing an emotional bond with parents or other significant individuals

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Family Systems

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Theory that the behaviour of an individual can be most accurately understood in the context of the dynamics of his or her family

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Health Promotion

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An approach to the prevention of disease that involves education, public policy, and similar actions to promote health.