Developmental Psychology And Prenatal Development Flashcards
What is the first stage of development
Prenatal Development
______ - Field of psychology that deals with how people grow and change throughout their lifespan (developing physically,cognitively, and socially from the time we were born until death)
Developmental Psychology
Development stages
Prenatal
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
_____ study - Studies a set of people over a period of time (useful in development, but a LONG process)
Longitudinal Study
_______ study - One in which we take a cross section of people across different age groups and study them (doesn’t take into account generational differences)
Cross-sectional Study
_____ - Automatic and sequential process of development that results from genetic signals (Ex: infants crawl at their own timetable, range that is considered normal but can be developed earlier or later)
Maturation
_____ - Process for sperm and egg cells, new cell will only have 23 chromosomes
Meiosis
_____ - Stage in which it is best or someone is most ready to do something
Critical Period
_____ - One step in development, and certain aspects take place in them (like a set of stairs, infants crawl stand up then they walk, can drastically change behavior)
Stage
_____ - Where development begins, where a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell (forms a single called organism called a zygote, genetic makeup determined NOT sex)
Conception
_____ - What the single-called organism begins to use in order to divide and make new cells. (This is a biological process all cells except sperm and egg cells go through)
Mitosis
_____ - When the zygote has enough cells to travel down the fallopian tubes where it attaches itself to the lining inside the uterus (3-8 weeks of pregnancy)
Embryo Stage
_____ - Formed during the embryo stage, this is a prenatal structure that provides nutrients to the developing child (heart/other organs begin to form, heartbeat begins)
Placenta
____ - After 9 weeks embryo becomes this, begins at the size of a kidney bean, but will grow and develop rapidly (lasts until pregnancy is over, 40 weeks)
Fetus
How many weeks until sex organs differentiate and the sex is able to be determined (also when the brain starts to grow and develop)
12 weeks
_____ - Baby is Born before 37 weeks (life expectancy depends on how early they’re born, will have to spend time in natal intensive care)
Premature
_____ - Environmental Agent that can cause birth defects and damage the embryo or fetus (Ex: Alcohol)
Teratogen
______ - Illness from a woman who drinks while pregnant (physical + mental disabilities)
Fetal alcohol syndrome
______ suggested that birth order can play a role, but other factors need to be considered (how many years apart the siblings are and the total number of siblings)
Alfred Adler
____ borns tend to be the leader, may be more goal oriented than their younger siblings
First borns
_____ siblings look up to their older siblings for advice, often pampered and can reduce their independence
Younger siblings
_____ siblings struggle with the spotlight, might develop ____ child syndrome, has the most friends of any sibling, tries to overachieve
Middle siblings
_____ - May have to fight to get parents attention because they struggle with the spotlight
Middle child syndrome
____ children have very similar personalities to older children and younger children (usually pampered because they don’t need to fight for attention)
Only children
