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Life Span Development (unit 5) Flashcards

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teratogens

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cross the placental barrier and can cause problems
ex: viruese - lost baby
drugs - “crack babies”
alcohol - fetal alcohol syndrome

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fetal alcohol syndrome

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physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant womens drinking
-leading cause of mental retardation

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zygote

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after conception the fertilized egg enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division

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embryo

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Zygotes attaches to uterine wall and is now an embryo.

Forms organisation and moves toward supporting life.

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Fetus

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when all organs are formed, the embryo is now a fetus

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Jean Piaget

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-children reason illogically about problems that seem obvious to adults

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Sensorimator stage

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sensory impressions and motor activities (looking, hearing, touching)

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Preoperational Stage

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does not understand conversation

- child will think “too much” milk in a tall glass but see it as just right in a wide fat class

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Egocentrism

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inability to take another’s point of view

-know he has one brother but doesnt realize that his sisters have two brothers

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concrete operational stage

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able to think logically about concrete events.

-enjoy jokes that allow them to use new understandings

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formal operational stage

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thinking logically about abstract concepts

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stranger anxiety

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baby are social creatures and develop intense bonds with caregivers
-develop fear of strangers

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Harry Harlow

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  • monkeys given 2 mothers
  • one gives food but was made out of wires
  • other didnt give food but was wrapped in comfortable cloth
  • monkey always went to mom that has comfy cloth
  • shows that babies go to things that gives it comfort \
  • attachment
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authoritative parenting

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middle

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authoritarian parenting

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expect much of their child, but generally do not explain the reasoning for the rules or boundaries.

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permissive parenting

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These parents are non-demanding and non-controlling. They tend to be warm and receptive to their children’s needs, but place few boundaries on their children

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puberty

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

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primary sex characteristics

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primary body structures developing dramaticaloly during puberty that make sexual reproduction possible
- ovaries, testes

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secondary sex characteristics

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development of non-reproductive sexual characteristics

  • female (breast, hips)
  • male (voice, facial hair)
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Lawrence Kohlberg

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  • biggest development goal was to learn right and wrong
  • reasons to follow or break rules
  • what one should or shouldn’t do
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Preconventional moral reasoning

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  • people follow the rules to avoid punishment or receive reward.
  • look at own individual needs and desires
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conventional moral reasoning

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people follow the rules to help society function and to be seen as a “good” person.

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postconsonantal moral reasoning

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people can break the rules and still be seen as right.

  • advance society beyond where it is
    ex: MLK
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Erik Erikson

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expanded on the development stages.
-complete stages leads to adult life
(identity & intimacy)

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identity

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  • sense of life
  • people will try on different roles until they find one that fits
  • after school activities
  • favorite subject
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intimacy

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ability to form close and loving relationships

  • significant others
  • best friends
  • someone outside family
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menopause

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women’s expectations influence emotional impact

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Alzheimer’s disease

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gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and physical functioning are irreversible

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fluid intelligence

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reasoning speedily and abstractly.

  • solving logic problems
  • tends to decrease during late adulthood
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crystallized intelligence

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accumulated knowledge and verbal skill.

  • increases with age
  • voacb
31
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social clock

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what society says you should do by a certain age

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