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Human Growth And Development Flashcards

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The way you were born

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Nature

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The way you were raised

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Nurture

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Participants of different ages studied at the same time.

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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One group of people studied over a period of time.

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Longitudinal Studies

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Conception begins with the drop of an egg and the release of about 200 million sperm.

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Prenatal Development

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The sperm seeks out the egg and attempts to penetrate the egg’s surface.

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Prenatal Development

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a fertilized egg once the sperm penetrates the egg.

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Zygote

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The first stage of prenatal development.

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Zygote

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it lasts about two weeks and consists of rapid cell division.

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Zygote

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The outer part of the zygote becomes the ____ (which filters nutrients)

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placenta

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After two weeks, the zygote develops into an ___.

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Embryo

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Other term for Identical Twins

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Monozygotic twins

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Other term for Fraternal Twins

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Dizygotic twins

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it lasts about 6 weeks.

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Embryo

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Stage where Heart begins to beat and the organs begin to develop.

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Embryo

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16
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How many weeks till we have a Fetus?

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9 weeks

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By about the ___ month, the stomach and other organs have formed enough to survive outside of the mother.

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6th month

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Chemical agents that can harm the prenatal environment.

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Teratogens

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Other STDs can harm the baby?

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HIV, Herpes, Genital Warts

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How will you know if it’s a healthy newborn?

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Turn head towards voices.
See 8 to 12 inches from their faces.
Gaze longer at human-like objects right from birth.

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what inches does the healthy newborn can see?

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about 8-12 inches

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What is Reflexes?

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inborn automatic responses.

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It is the Physical growth, regardless of the environment.

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Maturation

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The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.

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Puberty

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Landmarks for Puberty

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Menarche for girls.
First ejaculation for boys.

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Body structures that make reproduction possible.

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Primary Sexual Characteristics

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Nonreproductive sexual characteristics.

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Secondary Sexual Characteristics

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Physical Milestones:

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Menopause

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29
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Women outlive men by about how many years?

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4 years.

30
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s Stages of Death/Grief.

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1.Denial
2.Anger
3.Bargaining
4.Depression
5.Acceptance

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The most important social construct an infant must develop is

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Attachment

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Types of Attachment

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  1. Secure 2. Avoidant 3.Anxious/ambivalent
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Parenting Styles

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Authoritarian Parents
Permissive Parents
Authoritative Parents

34
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It travels to different areas of our body throughout our development.

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Libido

35
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He created Psychosexual Stages of Development

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Sigmund Freud

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FREUD’s PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES

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Oral Stage
Anal Stage
Phallic Stage
Latency Stage
Genital Stage

37
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People fixated in this stage tend to overeat, smoke or have a childhood dependence on things.

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Oral Stage

38
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Seek pleasure through our mouths

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Oral Stage

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A person fixated may become overly controlling (retentive) or out of control (expulsive)

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Anal Stage

40
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Causes conflict in families with the Oedipus and Electra Complexes.

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Phallic Stage

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girls’ adoration and attraction to their fathers and resentment, hostility and rivalry towards their mothers.

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Electra Complex

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child’s sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex.

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Oedipus Complex

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Interlude during which sexual needs are quiet and children put psychic energy into conventional activities like school works and sports.

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Latency Stage

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Freud thought fixation in this stage is normal.

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Genital Stage

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he created the Psychosocial Development

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Erik Erikson

46
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Babies either trust that others will care for their basic needs, including nourishment, warmth, cleanliness. and physical contact, or develop mistrust about the care of others

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TRUST VS MISTRUST

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Children either become self-sufficient in many activities, including toileting, feeding, walking exploring, and talking, or doubt their own

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AUTONOMY VS SHAME AND DOUBT

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Children either want to undertake many adult activities or internalize the limits and prohibitions set by parents. They feel either adventurous or guilty.

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INITIATIVE VS GUILT

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Children busily learn to be competent and productive in mastering new skills or feel interior unable to do anything as well as they wish they could

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INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY

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Adolescents try to figure out “Who am I?” They establish sexual, political, and vocational identities or are confused about what roles to play

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IDENTITY VS ROLE CONFUSION

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Young adults seek companionship and love or become isolated from others because they fear rejection and disappointment

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INTIMACY VS ISOLATION

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Middle-aged adults contribute to the next generation through meaningful work, creative activities, and raising a family, or they stagnate

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GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION

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Older adults try to make sense out of their lives, either seeing as a meaningful whole or despairing at goals never reached

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INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR

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It is basically what you picture in your head when you think of anything.

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Schemas

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in which new experiences are interpreted to fit into, or assimilate with, old ideas

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Assimilation

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in which old ideas are restructured to include, or accommodate, new experiences

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Accommodation

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Stages of Cognitive Development

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  1. Sensorimotor Stage
  2. Preoperational Stage
  3. Conservation
  4. Concrete Operational Stage
  5. Formal Operational Stage
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Experience the world through our senses.

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Sensorimotor Stage

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Begin to use language to represent objects and ideas

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Preoperational Stage

60
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refers to the idea that a quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance and is part of logical thinking.

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Conservation

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Can demonstrate the concept of conservation. Learn to think logically

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Concrete Operational Stage

62
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Manipulate objects in our minds without seeing them

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Formal Operational Stage

63
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____ says children do not learn in stages but rather a gradual continuous growth.

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Information- Processing Model

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Types of Intelligence

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Crystallized Intelligence
Fluid Intelligence

65
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Ability to solve problems quickly and think abstractly. it Peaks in the 20’s and then decreases over time

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Fluid Intelligence

66
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Accumulated knowledge.
Increases with age.

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Crystallized Intelligence

67
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Moral Development Three Stage Theory by Lawrence Kohlberg

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Pre-Conventional Morality
Conventional Morality
Post-Conventional Morality

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Morality based on rewards and punishments.

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Pre-Conventional Morality

69
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Look at morality based on how others see you.

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Conventional Morality

70
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Based on self defined ethical principles. Your own personal set of ethics.

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Post-Conventional Morality

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