Child Development pr.2 Flashcards
Aging
The combination of biological psychological and social processes that affect people as they grow
Primary sex characteristics
Parts of the body that have to do with reproduction
Secondary sex characteristics
distinct parts of males and females, I don’t have to do a sexual reproduction
gender identity
The sense of a male or female
social learning theory
Imitating rewarding, masculine, or feminine behaviors
gender schema theory
children learn the concept of what it means to be male or female in their culture
Biological reasons for homosexuality
A younger brother, or more testosterone, or estrogen in womb
LeVay experiment
Heterosexual men have a larger hypothalamus is than gay men
Who influences you most when you were younger
Parents
Who influences you most when you’re older
Peers
Dementia
significant cognitive deficit , including memory impairment
Alzheimer’s
A progressive decrease that destroys memory and other important mental functions
– Can die from it
How to keep Alzheimer’s from happening
good genetics or staying physically active
stages of fetal development from conception
- Zygote (conception – 2 weeks.)
- Embryo. (2 weeks - 9 weeks)
- fetus ( 9 weeks – 9 month/birth)
zygote
Fertilized egg
Embryo
Inner cells of zygote
Fetus
The developing human organism ( after nine weeks)
teratogens
 Chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus and damage it causing harm
fatal alcohol syndrome
The physical and mental brain abnormalities caused by a mom drinking during pregnancy
Down syndrome
A condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorder is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
rooting reflex
A babies tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn towards the touch, open the mouth, and search for a nipple
Sucking reflex
Reflects that causes a newborn to make a sock emotions when a finger, her nipple is placed in the mouth
Babinski reflex
infant reflex, where if it’s foot, stroke the baby’s toes fan out
– If the reflex is present for the rest of the life, then it is a developmental issue
Phenylketonuria
A genetic disorder in which the essential digestive enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase is missing
– Brain damage, slow development, and seizures
Adolescence
Transition. From childhood to adulthood.
When is your physical peak?
Mid 20s
what causes puberty to begin earlier?
Meats and other foods with hormones
when is woman’s sexual peak?
40s
when is a man sexual peak?
Now
which gender do people like to talk about their feelings more with?
Women
Do men or women have more friends
Women
Who has a harder time after divorce with friends
Men because they lose a lot of their friends
Successful marriage
-Attracted to people like us
– 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions (more important than sex)
– Equity
– Self disclosure
How should you fight in a marriage?
Make it situational and not blame the person. Don’t argue when you’re mad.
passionate love
and experience involving feelings of euphoria, intimacy and intense, sexual attraction, feel good, short term, early and relationship
compassionate, love
The deep affection attachment we feel for those whom our lives are in our twined, long-term litter in relationships
when can marriages become Rocky?
- 6 to 7 years into the marriage
– Kids, house = stress
– Kids go to college
Affects a living together before marriage
Makes couple more likely to get divorced
Why is divorce rate higher in the US?
– More individualistic
– More culturally acceptable
– Women are more independent, and could survive on their own after divorce
stages of grief
- Denial
- Anger.
- Bargaining.
- Depression.
- Acceptance.
Impact of children and marriage
Make it worse and add stress
autism
A developmental disorder marked by disabilities in language, social interaction, and the ability to understand another person state of mind
-hard to detect early, score lower, an IQ test, don’t make eye contact, emotional disconnect, need routine
Savant syndrome
A person has autism, but is especially gifted in one area
Is identity more stable as adults or kids?
Adults
Are older people scared of death
No
is dementia inevitable?
No
Menarche
The girls first period
How do girls feel about hitting puberty earlier?
Dad, embarrassed, low self-esteem
How do you guys feel about hitting puberty earlier?
Good, confident, makes them feel more manly
social clock
 When you should do events in your life
What is an important part of the girls identity?
Social relationships
read ability
The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute of jeans
why do artist make their best music in their 20s
20s = peak of fluid intelligence
Raymond Cattell
Came up with fluid and crystallized intelligence
what do men look for in women?
Young, curvy, good health
What do women look for a man?
Mature, money, tall, strong
