life span all ch. terms from other professor Flashcards
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what is panic disorder
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a anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent unexpected panic attacks
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what is agoraphobia?
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fear of open, crowded spaces
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what is phobic disorder
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irrational, exaggerated fear of an object or situation
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extensive body piercing, drug abuse and other kinds of delinquency, stress, hostility, beleif that it is acceptable to kill oneself are signs of _____ in adolescence
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sucidie warnings
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what 2 role does prostaglandis play in?
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- a hormone that is delt with inflammation and pain and stimulate uterine contractions
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what is the different between interindividual variability and individuation ?
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- interindivdual variability is a term for ppl who do not age the same way, wheras individuation is a process of an young adult developing own morals and beleifs based on parents and socity construct
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what organ systems are affected by mesoderm?
what organ system are affected by endoderm aka inner layer?
emrbyonic disk aka ectoderm affects the
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- muscular, bone, reproductive
- digestive and respiratory-
- spinal cord and 5 senses
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the _____ allow to grow the limbs. what shape is the dna?
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rungs
- rod shaped
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_______ genes; Cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs do what?
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- cystic fibrosis affects the pancreas and lungs; tay sachs causes decline in neurological system
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huntington disease a ______ gene is a _____
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- dominant
- fatal degenerative disorder
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where is pudendal block and epidural block going?
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- pudendal in pussy n epidural in back
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what is the difference between vernix and lanugo?
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- vernix is white oily substance, wheras lanugo is fine downy hair
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what does small for gestational age mean ?
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bby born full term but low birth weight
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bbay passes thru _____ to reach the vagina
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- cervix
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what does major despression with perinatal onset mean?
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- serious maternal depression following delivery, characterized by sadness, apathy and feelings of worthlessness
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what is the differecne between apgar scale and brazelton neonatal assessment scale?- and bayley scales of infant devlopment
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apgar scale assess health whereas brazelton neonatal assessment scale assesses motor behavior, response to stress, adaptive behavior, and control over psychological state and A standardized measure used to assess the development of infants and young children
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the least common kind of maternal depression after delievery is?
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- postpartum psychosis
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the health of neonates is assessed using the 5 point ____ scale
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- apgar
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what vision does neonates show?
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nearsightedness
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neonates spend about ____ hours a day sleeping
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16 hours sleeping
21
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what does goodness of fit mean?
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- an individual characterisitcs match the demand and expectations of their enviorment
- how well the child’s temperament matches the parent’s temperament, or even that of his teacher
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what is gender identity?
what is gender stability ?
what is gender constancy?
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- gender idenity is knowledge that one is male or female
- gender concept is knowledge that ones gender is unchanging
- gender constancy is understanding ones gender remains the same despite changes in apperance or behaviorr
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perfectionistic and obsessionatic personality traits play a role in
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- eating disorders
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ovaries, vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes are ______ sex characterisitcs
penis, testes prostate glands and seminal vesicles are ______ sex characteristics
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- primary that are involved in reproduction
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what is abstinence syndrome?
- withdrawal symptoms from decreasing usage of substance abuse
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what does reciprocity mean?
- exchange of feelings between individuals
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the ability to think abstractly, reason, solve problems in novel situations, independent of acquired knowlegde is known as _____ intelligence
- fluid
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the accumlation of knowledge, facts, skills acquired throughout life and applied to problem solving and decison making is known as _____ intelligence
- crystal intelligence
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The brain's ability to change and adapt throughout life in response to experiences, learning, and environmental influences is called
- plasticity
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how long does it take for a child's brain to reach 70% of its adult weight
- 1 yr
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vision is the infant's dominant sense at
- 5 to 6 months
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myelination of the neurons involved in the sense of hearing begins in
- germinal / embryonic / fetal stage
- fetal stage
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at which age does visual acuity first approximate adult levels?
- 3 to 5 yrs of age
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the tendency to return to ones genetically determined pattern of growth following a period of deprivation is referred to as ____
- canalization
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what is the difference betwene primary circular reaction and secondary circular reaction in piaget sensriomotor stage?
- primary is between 1-4 months and focuses on own body, whereas secondary is between 4-8 months and focuses on exploring enviroment
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object permance occurs at what age?
- 6 months
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exmaples of secondary circular reaction
- shakign a rattle or pulling string
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coordination of secondary schemes is characteized by
intentional- goal oritentated behavior
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what is the difference between cooing and babbling?
- cooing is prelingusitic vocalizations whereas babbling is first vocalizations of sounds of speech
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infants typically say words beginning at about the age of --
12 months
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a child typically spontaneously creates two word sentences sometime between the age of .
-what is child vocabular typically made out of
18 and 24 months
- nouns
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ability of an infant to transfer objects from one hand to another during play is typical of the _____ month of cogntive development
- 5th month
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at 10-12 months, infants tend to repeat syllables, showing what lingusitcs refer to as ___
- echolalia
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according to piaget, children use _____ to absorb new events into exsiting schemes
- assimilation
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ambivalent/resitant attachment is charatcerized by
- severe distress at leavings and amblivalent ( mixed feelings) behavior at reunions
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insecure attachment
is characterized by avoiding caregiver, excessive clinging, or incostiency
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avoidant attachment can be best described as
- dont care if leave or reunion
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______ _______ process of acquiring knowledge, understanding, and thinking skills throughout the lifespan
cognitive developement
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Mary Ainsworth develop the phases of attachment ///
- inital pre attachment phase, attachment in the making phase and attachment in the making phase occur at
inital pre attachment= bith to 3 months
attachment in making phase= 4 to 4 months
attachment in the making phase= 6 to 7 months
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secure attachment are readily soothed by reunion and characterized at mild-distress at leave takings
T or F
true
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which kind of attachment is used to describe babies who seem confused and may move toward the mother while looking away from her
- disorganized-disorientaed
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_____ disorder is charcterizied by social deficits and stereotyped behavior but with out significany cognitive or language delays
- asberger syndrome
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the 3 temperaments are easy, difficult and slow to warm up
T or F
true
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parents may try to modify a child intial temperament to achieve a ______ of fit between child and parent
goodness
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insecure attachment at the age of one yr predicts psychological disorders at the age of ___
17
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Type of thought in which natural cause-and-effect relationships are attributed to will is known as
precausl
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what is the difference betwene egocentric and centration
-what stage in piaget theory does egocentrsim display in? and what are the ages ; early, middle or late
- egocentric = thinkign that everyone sees from your perspective, centration is focusing on one aspect of situation
- - 2 to 6 yrs of age/ early childhood
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what is decentration
- ability to focus on many aspects of a situation
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If A>B and B>C, then A>C
transivity
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Myelin replaced with hard, fibrous tissue
multiple slcerosis
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causes intellectual disability by inhibiting myelin formation in brain
PKU
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Enuresis aka bed wetting
- failure to control bladder
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Encopresis
- failure to control bowel movements
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___________ is ability to memorze and understanding of one's own memory processes, including the ability to monitor, control, and manipulate memory
_________ is ability to problem solve and total knowlegde
- metamemory
- metacogntion
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when does peer pressure peak at ??
- 15 yrs of age mid adolence
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when children start asking questions of each other and have simialr goals but no rules is what kind of social play
- associative play
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cellualr damage theory - cross-linking theory can be best described as
- stiffening of body proteins
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Robert Selman is known for what?
- known for his theory of social cognitve developemtn
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somnambulism is known as
- sleep walking
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what does symbolic play aka pretend play mean? what age does this occur in and what stage of piaget cogntive development stage?
- children play make believ3
- 12 months to 30 months
-preoperational
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what does transductive reasonign mean?
- reasoning from specifc to specifc
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what is the difference between animism and artificialism?
- animism is giving life to inanimate objects, whereas artficialism is a beleif that the environment was made by people
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what is fast mappping?
- process of quickly determining a word's meaning
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by age ____, children starting drawing ____ shapes
- 3 and basic shapes
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between ages ___ and 5 , children reach the ______ stage
- 4 , pictoral
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we would expect a child to be able to catch a small ball, using the hands only, by the age of ___
5 yrs old or 60-71 months
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the childs probability of becoming left handed is
- 50 %
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the avg 4-8 yr old needs
1400 kcal/day
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piaget believed that children ususally begin to engage in pretend play in the 2nd yr, when they have developed the ability to _____ objects
symbolize
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what happens to the rate of growth between ages 2-6, when compared to the growth rate during infancy
- it slows down
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we wud expect a child to build a tower of six cubes at
2 yrs of age
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preschoolers of learning of grammatical rules has led to
- overregulation
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according to erickson, early childhood is the stage of _____ vs guilt
initiative
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when do children first show visual preferences for sterotypical boys toys or girls toys
before their first bday
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______ behavior is also known as altrusim
- prosocial
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3rd stage in piagets scheme, characterized by flexible, reversible thought concering tangible objects and events
- concrete operational
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what is the difference between convergent and divergent thinking
- _____ is limited to facts
- ______ is creative thinking
- convergent thinking is focusing on one solution at a time, whereas divergent thinking is focusing on many solutions
- convergent
- divergent
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the ability to ignore distractions increases most dramatically between
- 6 and 9 yrs of age
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childhood obesity is caused by
over the past 20 yrs, obesity has _____
- a combo on herdity and enviorment
- doubled
