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Chapter1 Flashcards

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What are the complexities of studying all kinds of people

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Why are theories considered so importance in science?

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What special methods do developmentalists use to study change over time?

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Why do scientists conclusion need to be interpreted with caution?

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The science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same overtime

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Science of human development

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A way to answer questions that empirical research and database conclusions.

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Scientific method

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A prediction that can tested

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Hypothesis

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Evidence based on data from scientific observation or experiments; not theoretical

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Empirical evidence

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Developmentalists recognize that growth over the life span is

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Multicultural, multidirectional, multi contextual, multidisciplinary, and plastic

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On the basis of theory, prior research, or a personal observation, pose a question

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Begin with curiosity

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Five basic steps in scientific method and the added sixth method

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  1. Begin with curiosity 2. Develop a hypothesis 3. Test the hypothesis 4 draw a conclusion 5. Report the results and 6. replication
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A specific prediction that can be tested

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Hypothesis

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Empirical evidence (data)

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Test hypothesis

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Use the evidence to support or refute the hypothesis

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Draw conclusions

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Share the data, conclusions, and alternative explanation

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Report the results

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Repeating the procedure and methods of a study

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Replication

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Are revised, refined, and confirmed after replication

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Conclusion

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Refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit

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Nature

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Refers to environmental influences

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Nuture

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Also called the heredity-environment and maturation-learning

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The nature-nurture debate

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Explored the many ways environmental factors alter genetic expression

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Epi genetics

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A general term for traits, capacities, and limitations that each individual inherits genetically from his or her parents at the moment of conception

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Nature

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The study of using different participants

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Replication

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A general term for all the environmental influences that affect development after an individual is conceived

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Nurture

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Crib death or cot death

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SIDS

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SIDS

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Sudden infant death syndrome

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A science that seeks to understand how and why each individual is affected by changes that occur over the life span

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The study of development

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As a science, developmental research follows five steps

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Question, hypothesis, empirical research, conclusions based on data, and publication

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A sixth step in developmental research is and. Its function is to

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Replication, confirms, refutes, or refines conclusions of a scientific study

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Both genes and environment affect every human characteristic in an explosive interaction of

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Nature-nurture

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Empirical evidence refers to

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evidence based on data from scientific observation or experiments; not theoretical

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The term that refers to the traits inherited at conception is

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nature

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List the scientific method

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begin with curosity by posing a question, develop a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, report the results, replicate

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The combination of all environmental influences that affect a developing person is called

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Nurture

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An approach to the study of human development that takes into account all phases of life, not just childhood or adulthood

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life-span perspective

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The term used to describe an infant’s unexpected death: when a seemingly healthy baby, usually between 2 and 6 months old, suddenly stops breathing and dies unexpectedly while asleep

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sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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Multiple changes in every direction, characterized the life span

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Multidirectional (development)

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If a particular human trait were to be charted over time. it would be apparent that some traits appear and disappear, with increases, decreases and zigzags.

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Development is multidirectional

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Change can occur rapidly and dramatically (caterpillars become butterflies)

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discontinuity is evident

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Growth can be gradual (redwoods grow taller over hundreds of years)

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continuity is found

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A time when a particular type of developmental growth (in the body or behavior) must happen if it is ever going to happen.

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critical period

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A time when a certain time of development is most likely to happen or happens most easily, although it may still happen later. (early childhood is consider this)

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sensitive period

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A period of development is a time which a particular development must occur if it is to occur at all

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critical period

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A period of development is a time in which a particular development occurs easily

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sensitive period

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antinausea drug

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thalidomide

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Why is developmental study a science

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because it depends theories, data, analysis, critical thinking, and sound methodology, just like every other science

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To avoid unexamined opinions and to rein in personal biases, researchers follow the

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five steps of the scientific method

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influences of genes we inherit

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Environmental influences that affect development

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The basic question of nature - nurture debate is

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How much of any characteristics, behavior, or emotion is the result of genes and ho much is the result of specific experiences?

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Affects every characteristic

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genes and the environment, nature always affect nurture and nurture always affects nature

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The opposite of genetic vulnerability

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epigenetics

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genes predispose people to be influenced by environment; the impact of a spanking, or a beer, or a marathon depends partly on

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genetic vulnerability

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What was the sole focus of development study

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the first two decades of life

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Over time, human characteristics change in every direction.
Several major theorists describe discontinuous stages of development: Freud, Erickson, Piaget.
Others view development as a continuous process.

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Developmental is multidirectional

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Empirical evidence refers to

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evidence based on data from scientific observation or experiments’ not theoretical

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The term that refers to the traits inherited at conception is

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the combination of all environmental influences that affect a developing person is called

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a______period of development is a time in which a particular development must occur if it is to occur at all

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critical period

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a _____periods of development is a time in which a particular development occurs easily

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sensitive period

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A(n) _____ is a group of people born roughly at the same historical time

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A person’s income and level of education is part of his or her

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socioeconomic status

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The systems of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, expectations, and symbolic representations that persist over time and prescribe social rules of conduct is known as

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______ refers to the environmental factors that affect the expression of genes

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epigenetic

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According to Freud, the _____ stage is the first stage of development

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_______ is the psychoanalytic theorist who described 8 stages of human development

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Erik Erikson

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Each person is affected by many social contexts and interpersonal interactions.
Three nested levels surround individuals and affect them.
Approach later named bioecological theory.

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Development is multicontextual.
Ecological Systems (Bronfenbrenner)
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takes place within many contexts, including physical surroundings (climate, noise, population density, etc.) and family configurations (married couple, single parent, cohabiting couple, extended family

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development is muticontextual

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a developmentalist that led the way to considering contexts

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Urie Bronfenbrenner

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the multifaceted relationship between the organism and its environment

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the view that in the study of human development, the person should be considered in all the contexts and interactions that constitute a life and was remained biological theory

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ecological-system approach

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name the ecological systems

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Microsystems 
Exosystems 
Macrosystems
Chronosystem 
Mesosystem
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Historical context
Cohort
Demographic characteristics
Political issues

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Development is multicontextual

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A concept constructed, or made, by society

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social construction

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affect how people think and behave and what they value, ignore, and punish. culture is so basic to thinking and emotions, people are usually unaware of their cultural values

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social construction

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Traditionally relates to food costs and family size

Revised definition of poverty under way that takes into account housing, medical care, and various subsidies

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poverty development is multi contextual

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Set of ideas that people share.

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Consists of people whose ancestors were born in the same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion

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ethnic group

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Humans tend to believe that they, their nation, and their culture are a little better than others (difference-equals-deficit error).
Belief becomes destructive if it reduces respect and appreciation for others.
Differences may be an asset or a deficit.

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difference-equal-deficit-error

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one of the reason a multicultural approach is necessary

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difference-equal-deficit-error

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A leader in describing the interaction between culture and education

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Lev Vygotsky

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a universal process used by mentors to teach cultural knowledge, skills, and habits

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guided participation/ Lev Vygosty

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Social construction, affected by social context, not a direct outcome of biology

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Social construction that continues to lead to racism.

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A term that exaggerates minor differences

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human development requires insights and inform from many scientists, past and present, in many disciplines; this helps our understanding of every topic benefits from

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multidisplinary (development is)

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mapped all genes that make up a person

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The Human Genome Project

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epi influences occur in the first hours of life as biochemical elements silence certains genes, in a process called

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methylation

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Depression is genetic and neurological.
Depression is developmental.
Depression is environmentally influenced.
Overall, at least 12 factors are linked to depression.
Each factor is related to research from a different discipline.

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Multidisciplinary research on depression

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Name a neuroscience factors that is linked to depression

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low serotonin in the brain, as a results of an allele of the gene for serotonin to transport

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Name a psychopathology factor that is linked to depression

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Childhood caregiver depression, especially postpartum depression with exclusive mother-care

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Name a biological factor linked to depression

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Low exposure to daylight, as in winter in higher latitudes

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Name a nutrition factor linked to depression

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Malnutrition, particularly low hemoglobin

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Name an anthropological factor linked to depression

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Lack of close friends, especially when entering a new culture, school or, neighborhood

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Name an medical factor linked to depression

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Diseases, including Parkinson’s and AIDS, AND DRUGS TO TREAT DISEASES

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Name a sociological factor linked to depression

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Disruptive event, such as breakup with a romantic partner

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Name a psychological factor linked to depression

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death of a mother before age 10

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Name a family studies factor linked to depression

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absence of father during childhood-esp because of divorce, less so because of a death or migration

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Name a genetic factor linked to depression

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family history of eating disorders ( not necessarily of the depressed person)

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