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Who was the founder of child development?

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Stanley Hall (1844-1924)

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What is Freud’s Psychosexual Theory?

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Libido needs at each psychosexual stage must be met but not exceeded.
- Oral (0-1)
- Anal (1-3)
- Phallic (3-6)
- Latent (6-ado)
- Genital (Ado)

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What is Freud’s Personality (Structural) Theory?

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The Ego must balance the Id and Superego.
- Ego
- Id (devil)
- Superego (angel)

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What are the psychodynamic perspectives?

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939):
- Freud’s Psychosexual Theory
- Freud’s Personality (Structural) Theory
Erik Erikson (1902-1994):
- Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory

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What is Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory?

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Social challenge at each psychosocial stage must be met.
- Trust vs mistrust (0-1)
- Autonomy vs doubt (1-3)
- Initiative vs guilt (3-6)
- Industry vs inferiority (6-ado)
- Identity vs identity crisis (ado)

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What are the learning perspectives (behaviourism)?

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  • Classical conditioning
  • Operant conditioning
  • Social Cognitive Theory
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What is classical conditioning?

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Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936):
- Physiological father of CC
- Associative learning - environment
- Salivating dogs

John B. Watson (1878-1958):
- Applied CC to psychology
- Associative learning - environment
- Poor little Albert

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What is operant conditioning?

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B.F. Skinner (1904-1990):
- Learning by consequence - environment
- + - reinforcement and punishment

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What is the Social Cognitive Theory?

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Albert Bandura (1925-):
- Learning by observing - environment
- Modeling/imitating

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What is the cognitive perspective?

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Jean Piaget (1896-1980):
Natural scientists - motivated to make sense of the physical and social world. 4 distinct stages:
- Sensorimotor: senses and motor / look, touch (0-2)
- Preoperational: self centered (2-6)
- Concrete operational: logical (7-11)
- Formal operational: abstract (12 +)

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What are the biological perspectives?

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  • Maturational theory
  • Ethological theory
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What is the maturational theory?

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Gessell (1880-1961):
- Natural unfolding of biological plan

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What is the ethological theory?

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Lorenz (1903- 1989):
- Behaviours have survival value (inherited)
- Critical periods, imprinting, attachment
(need exposure)

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What are the contextual perspectives?

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  • Sociocultural theory
  • Ecological theory
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What is the sociocultural theory?

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Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934):
- Adults teach culture

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What is scaffolding?

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Help just the right amount.

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What is the ecological theory?

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Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005):
- Multiple systems teach culture

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What are debates in HDEV?

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  • Nature and Nurture: biological and experience
  • Continuity and Discontinuity: quantitative and qualitative
  • Active and Passive roles: internal and external motivation
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What are the data collecting methods?

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  • Survey
  • Observation
  • Case study
  • Tasks
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of surveys?

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Strengths:
- Large sample
- Time efficient
- Cost efficient

Weaknesses:
- Honesty?
- Memory?
- Prediction?

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of observation?

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Strengths:
- Don’t need to rely on self report
- Natural behaviour and setting

Weaknesses:
- Can’t study rare or private behaviour
- Time consuming

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of case studies?

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Strengths:
- In depth info
- Opportunity to learn from uncontrollable circumstances

Weaknesses:
- Not generalizable

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of tasks?

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Strengths:
- Convenient
- Don’t need language

Weaknesses:
- May be invalid if unnatural setting

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What are the general designs for research?

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  • Correlation
  • Experiment
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of correlation?
Strengths: - Relationships can be studied Weaknesses: - Not causation
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What is correlation?
- Putting things together. - 2 or more variables. - Positive vs negative.
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What is an experiment?
- Trying things out. - Independent and dependent variables - Manipulate the IV
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of experiments?
Strengths: - Control - Causation Weaknesses: - Artificial setting/experience - Participant bias - Researcher bias
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What are the 3 methods for studying development over time?
- Longitudinal - Cross-sectional - Sequential
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What is longitudinal?
- One group, all the same age - Tested multiple times, over time, as they develop
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of longitudinal?
Strengths: - Track development within individuals Weaknesses: - Loss of participants - Cohort (common experiences) - Long - Costly
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What is cross-sectional?
- One group, multiple ages - Tested once
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of cross-sectional?
Strengths: - No cohort - Time efficient - Cost efficient Weaknesses: - Doesn't track development within individuals
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What is sequential?
- One group, multiple ages - Tested multiple times
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of sequential?
Strengths: - Same as cross-sectional for each testing - Same as longitudinal overall Weaknesses: - Same as cross-sectional for each testing - Same as longitudinal overall
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What are the ethics?
- Not too much deception - Consent - Anonymous and confidential - Minimize physical and emotional risks
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What is heredity?
The transmission of genetic material from one generation to another.
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What is epigenetics?
Experiences can affect gene expression (whether the gene will turn on/activate).
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What is the biology of heredity?
Father's sperm + mother's egg (gametes): - 46 chromosomes total (23 each) - Each cell contains all 46, except gametes - Each chromosome = 1 molecule DNA - Each molecule DNA = several hundred genes
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What is genotype?
Our genes. - 20 000 - 25 000
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What is phenotype?
Our features. - Physical, cognitive, social/personality - Genes + environment
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What is a gene?
A pair of alleles (not fused).
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What is homozygous?
Identical alleles (both say to make straight hair).
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What is heterozygous?
Different alleles.
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What is the dominant allele?
Leader.
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What is the recessive allele?
Follower.
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What is incomplete dominance?
Sickle cell trait: - Need the sick allele from mom and dad, if not it's okay because healthy is dominant.
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What are the dominant single gene phenotypes?
- Curly hair - Normal hair - Dark hair - Thick lips - Cheek dimples - Normal hearing - Normal vision - Normal colour vision - Type A or B blood - Rh-positive blood
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What are the recessive single gene phenotypes?
- Straight hair - Baldness (men) - Blond or red hair - Thin lips - No dimples - Some types of deafness - Myopia - Red-green colour blindness - Type O blood - Rh-negative blood
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How do we study behavioural genetics?
- Twins - Adoption studies
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What are monozygotic twins?
- Identical - One egg and sperm, they split
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What are dizygotic twins?
- Fraternal - Different egg and sperm
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What are the strong cases for inheritance?
- Intelligence - Psychological disorders - Personality Identical twins more similar to each other and adopted kids more similar to biological parents.
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What are challenges for inheritance?
- How are identical twins vs fraternal twins treated by others? - Parents with 2+ kids (non-shared or shared experiences) - Child not passive (who the child is will impact how people treat them)
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What are genetic abnormalities?
Inherited disorders are rare. Usually 2 recessive alleles: - Albinism (lack of pigment melanin) - PKU (build up of phenylalanine in body) - Tay-Sachs (degeneration of nervous system in preschool years) - Cystic fibrosis (mucus-lungs and digestive) Rarely 1 dominant allele: - Huntington's (degeneration of nervous system in adulthood)
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What are chromosomal abnormalities?
Too many, too few, or damaged chromosomes. - Down syndrome (extra 21st chromosome)
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What are sex-linked chromosomal abnormalities?
- Abnormal number of sex chromosomes
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What are sex-linked genetic abnormalities?
- Hemophilia - Muscular dystrophy - Colour blindness
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What are the 3 stages of prenatal development?
- Zygote (1-2) - Embryo (3-8 - Fetus (9-38)
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What is stage 1 of prenatal development?
Zygote: weeks 1-2 (sperm penetrates egg = zygote). - Egg is fertilized in fallopian tube - Rapid cell division - Zygote travels down tube and is implanted in uterus wall
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What is stage 2 of prenatal development?
Embryo: weeks 3-8. - Body parts are formed (XX/XY) - Embryo in amniotic sac (helps cushion, protect, regulate temperature) - Umbilical cord joins embryo to placenta (brings good and removes bad) - Size: - 6 weeks: apple seed - 7 weeks: grape - 8 weeks: strawberry
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What is stage 3 of prenatal development?
Fetus: weeks 9-38. - Increase in size and system functions - Age of viability (baby has chance of survival): 22-28 weeks
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What are the general risk factors?
- Nutrition (folic acid and spina bifida) - Stress (decreases oxygen to fetus and weakens mom's immune system) - Mother's age (not too young or old) - Teratogens
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What are teratogens?
Agents disrupting development. - Infections and diseases pass through placenta - Drugs pass through placenta - Environmental hazards
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How teratogens influence depend on?
- Genotype - Timing - Damage not always evident at birth - How strong/resistant the baby is to toxins
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What are prenatal diagnosis and treatments for deformities and genetic disorders?
- Blood tests - Ultrasound - Chorionic villus sampling (8 weeks) - Amniocentesis (16 weeks)
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When split occurs within 72 hours?
- Looks like fraternal twins - Own sac and placenta
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Split occurs within 4-7 days?
Own sac but same placenta
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Split occurs day 8 or after?
Share sac and placenta.
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How many stages are there in labour and delivery?
3 stages.
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What is stage 1 of labour and delivery?
- Uterus contracts - Cervix enlarges (fully = 10 cm) - Long: 12-24 hours - Painful
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What is stage 2 of labour and delivery?
- Baby is pushed down the birth canal - Baby is born - 1 hour
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What is stage 3 of labour and delivery?
- Placenta is expelled - 10-15 minutes
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What are the approaches to childbirth?
- Prep: childbirth classes - Partner is involved - Where? hospital, home - Assisted by doula, midwife, obstetrician
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What are birth complications?
- Lack of oxygen or baby position (c-section) - Placenta abruption - Premature (before 38 weeks) - Small for date (low birthweight)
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What is apgar?
The examination of the baby after birth. - Activity - Pulse - Grimace - Skin - Breathing
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What are the 4 primary states of the newborn?
- Alert inactivity - Waking activity - Crying - Sleeping
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What is postpartum depression?
- Affects warmth and enthusiasm of mothering - Children are at risk of depression and behavioural problems - 50% new moms feel sadness - 10-15% postpartum depression

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