Human Development Flashcards

Question

Paternal Factors influencing prenatal development

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age, habits that can alter the mother's health (spousal abuse), smoking and alcohol

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Eyes develop early, but eyelids are closed

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Taste buds develop by week 14, fetus can taste amniotic fluid

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Taste and smell develop together

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By 20 weeks, fetus is sensitive to vibration

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Appears to be completely functional by 32 weeks

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Born with important reflexes like: grasping and rooting

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Unused neural connections decay and disappear

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Developmental period where a specific skill must be acquired, otherwise it is not acquired fully

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Newborns' acuity is poor (b/c cones are poorly developed). Infants prefer black & white patterns

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Children w/ crawling experience will not crawl over the cliff.

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Develops between 3 1/2 to 6 months

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At 5 months they can discriminate their own name

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Infants will look at one stimulus over the other only if they can tell them apart

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Infants will stare longer at new or surprising events

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easy, difficult, slow to warm up

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Preferred cloth monkey

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Very distressed when caretaker leaves

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No distress when caretaker leaves, can be comforted by stranger

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Inconsolable when caretaker leaves, approaches and rejects them upon return

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Unable to decide how they should react when caretaker returns

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(0-2) explores with senses, moves around; object permanance

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(2-6) use of symbols, ego centrism, no conservation

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(7-12) logical thought, conservation, mathematical operations, empathy

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(12+) hypothetical thinking, hypothesis testing

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stages don't necessarily happen gradually, ignores roles of environment, some adults may never reach formal operational stage

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Behaviors socially expected of males and females

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Expectations people have of the behaviors of men and women

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Ability to explain and predict other people's behaviors as a result of recognizing their mental state

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Changes in hormones and physical appearance

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Choice's people make that affect others

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Preconventional: self-interest or pleasurable outcomes Conventional: Conformity w/ rules of law Postconventional: complex reasoning, value of all life

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(20s-30s) few changes, but ageing begins

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(40s-50s) visual changes and decline in hearing, Hair grays & strength declines. Increased weight and height reductions

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(60s & on) hearing impairments, osteoporosis, neurogenerative disease

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Decreased levels of estrogen lead to perimenopause in 40s & cessation of ovulation in 50s

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Decreased levels of testoerone starting in 40s

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heart disease, cancer and stroke

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Rigid, uncompromising, concerned with rules. Children are insecure and tend to rebel in negative ways

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Few demands and rules, Children are selfish, immature, dependent, and have socialization problems

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Firm limits and flexibility. Children have clear limits and tend to be self-reliant

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Potential for development of dementia related to Alzheimer's, challenges in memory and changes in intelligence

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Brian degeneration. Begins with minor memory impairments, but progresses to serious difficulties in keeping routines to complete loss of memory(dementia)

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``` Denial = refuse to accept death is real Anger = @ incapacity to change outcome Bargaining = attempt to make a deal to change outcome Depression = sadness from losses Acceptance = Accepting the inevitable ```