HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Flashcards
Principles of Growth and Development
what is the primary concern of a developmental psychologists?
the changes in behavior over lifespan
What is the goal of a developmental psychologists?
the goal to achieve full development
it is a progressive series of changes of an orderly and coherent type towards the goal of maturity
Growth
pattern of change, begins at conception and continues thru lifespan.
development
PATH OF DEV’T THAT HAS CHANGES IN BODILY APPEARANCE AND CHANGES IN BODILY ACTIVITIES LIKE MOTOR SKILLS.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
PATH OF DEV’T THAT HAS CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PATH OF DEV’T THAT HAS CHANGES IN THOUGHT PROCESSES, AFFECTING LANGUAGE, LEARNING ABILITIES AND MEMORY.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
A KIND OF CHANGE THAT ARE PROGRESSIVE, LEADING TO IMPROVEMENT, EX. DEVELOPING MOTOR SKILLS.
QUALITATIVE CHANGES
KIND OF CHANGES THAT ARE MEASURABLE LIKE HEIGHT OR WEIGHT
QUANTITATIVE CHANGES
ONE OF THE FACTOR OF DEV’T THAT WERE INHERITED THE TRAITS, PASSING DOWN TO OFFSPRING.
NATURE
ONE OF FACTORS OF DEV’T, BASED ON INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES OR FORCES AFFECTING A MAN (SOCIAL, NATURAL, PHYSICAL)
NURTURE
A TERM, FROM THE TRAITS OF PARENTS BEING HANDED DOWN, MADE FROM RAW MATERIALS.
HEREDITY
A TERM, THE FORCES OF AFFECTING THE MAN, SHAPING YOUR RAW MATERIAL.
ENVIRONMENT
A GRADUAL UNFOLDING OF HEREDITARY TRAITS AND POTENTIALS, A PROCESS WHICH ONE SHOULD PASS THROUGH BEFORE REACHING STATE OF MATURITY, UNFOLDING THE FULLEST POTENTIAL.
MATURATION
A FUNCTION OF MATURATION, WHICH THE DEV’T OCCURS THROUGH MATURATION EX. WALKING
PHYLOGENETIC
A FUNCTION OF MATURATION, WHICH ARE THE TRAITS LEARNED THRU TRAINING. EX. SWIMMING
ONTOGENETIC
THESE THREE MECHANICS THAT MAKES UP AN INDIVIDUAL IN TERMS OF HEREDITY
TIME, HEREDITY, ENVIRONMENT
OTHER TERM FOR BODY CELLS
SOMATIC CELLS
HOW MANY PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES DOES A HUMAN BODY HAVE?
23 PAIRS OF CHROMOSOMES
A THREAD-LIKE, CONTAINING GENES THAT USUALLY FOUND IN PAIRS
CHROMOSOMES
IF THE CHROMOSOMES WERE NOT FOUNDED WITH PAIRS, WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
CHROMOSOMAL ABBERATIONS AND ABNORMALITIES
HOW MANY PAIRS OF AUTOSOMES ARE FOUNDED IN OUR BODY?
22 PAIRS
HOW MANY PAIRS OF GENOSOMES ARE FOUND IN OUR BODY?
1 PAIR
IN DETERMINING THE SEX BASED ON PAIRING OF SEX CHROMOSOMES, WHAT IS XY?
MALE
WHAT ABOUT THE XXY? WHAT IS THEIR SEX?
INTERSEX
IT IS A STRONG GENES THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE OFFSPRING
DOMINANT
WEAK GENES THAT CAN’T OCCUR IN OFFSPRING
RECESSIVE
THE SEX OF THE OFFSRING DEPNDS ON THE PAIRING OF THE SEX CHROMOSOMES.
SEX DETERMINATION
A PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY, STATING THAT HUMAN INDIVIDUALS WILL REPRODUCE THEIR OWN KIND
PRINCIPLE OF REPRODUCTION
A PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY, THAT HAS THE PRESENCE OF SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS.
PRINCIPLE OF DOMINANCE AND RECESSIVENESS
A PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY, THAT THERE ARE “NO” TWO INDIV ARE EXACTLY “ALIKE”, EVEN TWINS HAVE MILD DIFFERENCES.
PRINCIPLE OF VARIATION
A PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY, MAKING AN ABSOLUTE PREDICTION, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
PRINCIPLE OF CHANCE
A PRINCIPLE OF HEREDITY, THAT SEX-LINKED TRAITS ARE CARRIED BY SAME GENES, DETERMINING SEX.
SEX-LINKED CHARACTERISTICS
WHAT ARE THE 3 HEREDITY CHARACTERISTICS?
PHYSICAL TRAITS, MENTAL TRAITS, AND SPECIAL TALENT/ABILITIES
A GENETIC ENGINEERING THAT EXTRACTS REPRODUCTIVE CELLS OR SPERM CELL, PUTTING IT INTO THE OVARY.
IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION
A GENETIC ENGINEERING THAT WERE USED FOR PASSING TRAITS INTO THE OFFSPRING.
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION BY A DONOR (AID)
A GENETIC ENGINEERING, THAT THERE IS AN ALTERNATE BEARER FOR THE PREGNANCY.
SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD
A GENETIC ENGINEERING THAT ARE MOSTLY ON THE ANIMALS
MAPPING OR CLONING
A STAGE OF DEV’T WHERE IT IS A PERIOD OF GESTATION, THAT FETUS DEVELOPS WITHIN THE WOMB. HOW MANY DAYS DOES THIS STAGE TAKE?
PRE-NATAL STAGE
IT IS CALLED IN THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION TO 2 WEEKS IN THE PERIOD OF OVUM
ZYGOTE
PRE-NATAL STAGE THAT IS THE MOST VULNERABLE PERIOD DUE TO RAPID GROWTH
PERIOD OF EMBRYO
THIS TYPE OF BIRTH IS THE USUAL WAY, WHERE THE HEAD FIRST.
NATURAL/SPONTANEOUS BIRTH
TYPE OF BIRTH, FEET FIRST
BREACH BIRTH