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What is human development?

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The multidisciplinary study of how humans change and remain the same over time.

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Nature

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things acquired by genetic or hereditary influences

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Nurture

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Things that are influenced by the environment we live in

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What is development?

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a process of growth and change

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What is continuity?

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development is a continuous process that is gradual and cumulative.

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What is discontinuity?

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The belief that people through stages of life are qualitatively different from each other.

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Is development multi-cultural?

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Yes

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What is universal development?

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do all children develop the same way regardless of culture?

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What is context-specific development?

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are the aspects of a child’s life directly affected by their culture?

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What did Hippocrates say about the biomedical model?

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the body is a machine and that form of machinery that can be fixed by medical doctors

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What did Hippocrates say about the mind and body?

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The mind and body are separate entities that do not interrelate.

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What did the biomedical model say about mental disorders?

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Mental disorders are brain diseases.

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What did the biomedical model emphasize?

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it emphasizes the pharmacological treatments to target biological abnormalities which dominated the American Healthcare system for more than 3 decades.

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What does the biopsychosocial model consist of?

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Biological, psychological, and sociological.

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What does the biological portion include?

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age, gender, genetics, physiological reactions, tissue health

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What does the psychological portion include?

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mental health, emotional health

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What does the sociological portion include?

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interpersonal relationships, social support dynamics, and socioeconomics.

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Who created the psychodynamic theory?

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Sigmund Freud

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Who played a huge role in the finding of psychoanalysis and was joseph brewers patient?

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Anna O

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What are the levels of the psychodynamic theory?

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ID, Ego, and Super ego

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What is ID?

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unconscious source of primitive, sexual dependency, and aggressive impulses

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What is Ego?

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Mediates between the unrealistic ID and the external real world. It is the decision making component of personality

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What is Super Ego?

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Based on morals judgements (reasoning)

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Who created the psychological theory?

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Erik Erickson

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What did Erik erikson believe?

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Believed that personality develops in a predetermined order through eight stages of psychosocial development from infancy to adulthood.

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Who created the social learning theory? What experiment did he conduct?

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Albert Bandura canadian born. Bobo doll

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Who thought the lifespan perspective development is multi-directional?

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Paul Bates

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Is it true that Paul bates thought that people continue to develop throughout their lives, and that no age period dominates development occurs through all periods of life.

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yes

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What are genes?

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they carry the information that determines our physical traits.

30
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What are the three layers of a blastocyst?

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Ectoderm, endoderm, adn mesoderm.

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What are the stages of labor?

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  1. dilation, 2. delivery, 3. afterbirth, 4. recovery
32
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What is the rooting reflex?

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It helps your baby find the breast or bottle to begin feeding goes away in 4 months

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What is the Moro Reflex?

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causes your baby to extend their arms, legs, and fingers, and arch when startled by the feeling of falling, a loud noise, or other environmental stimuli

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What is the sucking reflex?

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A key newborn, especially when paired with the rooting reflex as it enables babies to eat instinctively. Around 2-3 months it will transitions to a conscious effort

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What is the stepping reflux?

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It allows your baby to put on foot in front of the other when you place their feet on a flat surface.

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What is Palmer’s grasp?

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Makes babies grab onto things, allowing your baby to “hold” your hand or most likely your finger. Disappears after 5-6 months

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What is Bobinski Reflex?

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A doctor will stroke the bottom of your babies start at heel and work it forwards. babies toe will extend upwards away from foot.

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What is plantar grasp?

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When you stimulate the bottoms of your baby’s feet and their toes curl in

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What is the crawling reflex?

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If your baby is paced on their stomach, the will pull their legs under their body and kick them out in a craving motion goes away 3-4 months

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What is the Apgar scale?

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a scale 1-10 when bay first born made by Virginia Apgar.

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What is the NBAS?

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brazelton neonatal behavioral assessment scale and its a guide for parents.

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What is SIDS?

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Unexpected, unexplained death of an infant than a year old.

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What are fine motor skills?

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Movements we make with the small muscles of the hands

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What are gross motor skills?

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involves the larger, stronger muscle group of the body.

45
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What are gross motor skills between 3-6 months?

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Randomly move arms and legs, hands near eyes and touch mouth. weight on stomach hold head up and move it.

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What are the gross motor skills between 9-12 months?

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start rolling back to front, sit by themselves, pivot and creep on stomach, standing stiff legged

47
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What did Jean Piaget do?

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Suggested that the way children think is fundamentally different from the way adults think

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What is schema?

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A cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information.

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What is assimilation?

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The process of applying the schema we already possess to understand something new

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What is accommodation?

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The process of changing an existing schema or creating a new one because new information doesn’t fit the schemas one already has

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What are the two equilibriums?

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Disequilibrium and equilibrium

52
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What are piagets stages of cognitive development?

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sensorimotor stage: birth to 2 years
Preoperational: 2-7
Concrete operational: 7-11
Formal operational 12-up

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What is the sensorimotor stage?

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a time of tremendous growth and change

54
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What is object permanence?

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a child’s understanding that objects continue to exist even though they cannot be seen or heard.

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