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1
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name a strength and weakness of interviewing as a source of research.

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  • allows in-depth information

- can be bias and time consuming

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state why a naturalistic observation may be more valuable than a structured observation.

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-a chance to explore natural social interactions rather than controlled interactions.

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3
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name reasons why causation does not lead to effect.

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  • direction of causation problem .

- third variable problem.

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4
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name why longitudinal research may be more valuable than using cross sectional research.

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-allows to study stability in individual behaviour.

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5
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define microgenetic designs.

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-intensively observe processes that produce change over short periods of time.

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6
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identify innovative techniques for when studying children.

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  • photography
  • drawing
  • writing diaries
  • using prompts
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7
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identify the three stages of prenatal dev.

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  • germinal
  • embryonic
  • fetal
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identify the three parts of skin tissue.

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  • ectoderm
  • mesoderm
  • endoderm
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9
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which type of gene is expressed?

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dominant gene.

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explain what occurs in the germinal stage.

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  • zygote formed
  • zygote divides and multiples
  • cells become more specialised
  • embryo formed when implantation occurs.
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explain what occurs in the embryonic stage.

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blood vessels grow, placenta forms.

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explain what occurs during the foetus stage.

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reflexs occur, sex organs differentiate, sensory input.

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name teratogens impact on prenatal dev.

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  • alcohol
  • drugs
  • smoking
  • radiation
  • pollution
  • infectious disease
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define the scala naturae.

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great chain of being (hierarchy lower to higher animals).

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define the repitulation theory.

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dev of animal and human embryo.

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16
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what genetic disorders can occur in dev.

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  • cystic fibrosis
  • anemia
  • chromosomal disorders
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17
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how many children were affected by the thalidomide tragedy?

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by 1961, approx 20,000 children were born with severely misshapen limbs.

18
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give evidence for fatal learning.

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-read stories Late pregnancy, 2 days after birth read story again, implied babies could hear familiar story through fast dummy sucking.

19
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name the sense newborns have.

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  • touch - well dev
  • taste - distinguish between several tastes
  • smell - recognise mothers smell
  • hearing - improves over first few months
  • vision - only see things in near distance at birth
  • balance - vestibular system
20
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identify the reflexes newborns have.

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sucking/rooting
morco
stepping
babinski

21
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give an example of gross motor skills.

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running, skipping.

22
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which type of motor skill is involved in coordination of small muscle movements?

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fine motor skills.

23
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define vestigal.

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reflexes have partially or wholly lost their function.

24
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what do glial cells do in relation to myelination?

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provide structural support and insulate axons by myelination.

25
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give an example of advanced dev in primate infants.

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neural cell proliferation

locomotor dev

26
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give an example of slow dev in primate infants.

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dependant upon mothers up to 4 years.

= extended juvenile life stages.

27
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which of the two nervous systems (PNS/CNS) lay down the myelin sheath?

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CNS.

28
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define synaptogenesis.

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formation of synapses between neurons in nervous system.

29
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give evidence from sensory deprivation studies that there are critical periods in brain dev.

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major delays in physiology and growth of brain due to neglect.

30
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define the dynamic-system theory.

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assessing change overtime, looking at ‘how’ dev occurs, not ‘when’.

31
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name a major milestone reached between 6-10 months.

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  • crawling
32
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name a major milestone reached at 2 years.

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  • running
33
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give examples of multiple causes the dynamic theory empathises.

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  • increases in strength and weight
  • posture control
  • motivation
  • neural mechanisms
  • balance
  • perceptual skills
34
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variability of attractors depends on…

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experimentation, curiosity and learning.

35
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give evidence that the stepping reflex disappears due to weight gain.

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when ankle weights were attached to infants they stopped stepping.

36
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what components do infants needs to achieve in order to have successful reaching?

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stable base, arm control.

37
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did sticky mittens improve infants ability to grasp and reach?

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  • yes, significantly.
38
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depth perception emerges before/after crawling.

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after crawling, as infants who had been crawling for a while showed fear of heights in the visual cliff experiment.

39
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true or false: knowledge of slopes was generalised from crawling to walking.

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false - new walkers plunged down the slopes, even though they were cautious as crawlers.

40
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give suggestion as to why crawlers cannot match perceptual abilities to action abilities.

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in the visual cliff, although infants may had detected steepness, new crawlers still crossed the cliff.

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