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Test 12/9 Flashcards

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Chromosome

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Structures containing genes; all human cells contain 46 chromosomes except reproductive cells which contain 23

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Zygote

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Fertilized egg (46 chromosomes)

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Identical twins versus fraternal twins

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Identical: one sperm one egg divided into two (monozygotic)
Fraternal: two eggs two sperm (dizygotic)

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Stages of pregnancy

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  1. Germinal period: first two weeks after conception
  2. Period of the embryo: third through the eighth weeks after conception
  3. Period of the fetus: ninth week after conception until after birth
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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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Mother drinks during pregnancy

Effects: smaller head, flatter nose, eyes further apart, learning disabilities, and behavioral problems

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Malnutrition

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Causes slow fetal growth and low birth weight

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(Common birth defects)

Cerebral palsey

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Environmental damage to brain before, during, or after birth

lack of muscle control spasms

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(Common birth defects) down syndrome

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Chromosomal abnormalities

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Sickle cell anemia (common birth defects)

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Heredity

Malnutrition of red blood cells

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(Developmental patterns) maturation

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The automatic, orderly, sequential process of physical and mental development

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(Developmental patterns) growth cycle

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Orderly patterns of development

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Girls versus boys

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Girls are more olderly and stable in their growth cycles

Boys grow more in spurts and mature more slowly

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Genes

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Basics units of heredity

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Imprinting

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A biological process in which the young of certain species follow and become attached to their mothers

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Critical period

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A specific period of development that is the only time when a particular skill can develop or a particular association can occur

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Permissive parenting style

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Permits children to do what they want

Parent lack rules, consequences or consistency

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Impact of permissive parents

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Children are
-impulsive -irresponsible -have no self-discipline -have poor self-esteem and relationship skills -have trouble making decisions and doing things for themselves

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Dictatorial parenting style (authoritative, totalitarian)

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Parent view children as subjects and demand total obedience

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Impact of dictatorial parenting

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Children:-feel -poor self-esteem -poor decision-making skills -trouble getting along with others

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Authoritative parenting style

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Parent makes and constantly enforces rules -interested in children’s feelings and viewpoint -want children to learn and solve own problems

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Impact of authoritative parenting

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-self reliant -self-confident -have stable relationships and positive self image -take responsibility

22
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Who was John Piaget

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Swiss psychologist
Studied cognitive development (Way in which thinking/ reasoning grow/change
Four stages of child development

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Autism

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Means selfism in Greek
-A developmental brain disorder that typically affects a person’s ability to communicate, engage in social interacts, and respond appropriately to the environment

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Signs of autism spectrum disorder

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  • Doesn’t babble, point, make meaningful gesture by one year of age
  • doesn’t speak by 16 months
  • doesn’t combine words by two years
  • doesn’t respond to name
  • loses language/social skills
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Social symptoms of autism

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  • slower to interpret what others are thinking/feeling
  • difficulty understanding someone else’s pov
  • difficulty controlling emotions
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Communication difficulties

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  • mute entire lives

- repeat what they hear (echolalia)

27
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What causes autism

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Unknown

Possibly a result of multiple causes

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Autism statistics

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3 to 4 times more common in boys

29
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Why such an increase in number of diagnosis in autism

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Changes in diagnostic criteria
Better recognition at a young age
Inclusion of milder cases

30
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Autism Savant

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autistic individuals who have extraordinary talent

31
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Aspergers syndrome

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Symptoms: -significant difficulty interacting with other people

  • unusually or irrationally stubborn
  • have unusual interest that they pursue with intensity
  • overreact or under react
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Sensorimotor

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0 to 2 years

  • sensation and movement
  • separation anxiety -language take place -objects not permanent
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Object permanence

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Piaget’s term for the awareness that specific objects are real and exist all by themselves appears at about 10 months

34
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Preoperational

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2 to 7 years
Know things can be permanent
Cannot see others pov
No reversibility or conservation skills until end of stage

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Conservation

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Some of an objects characteristics can be changed while others remain the same

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Reversibility

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A relationship that goes in one direction can also go in the other

37
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Concrete operational

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7 to 11 years
World is real 
Understand others pov
Conservation is less of a problem
See things in black-and-white
38
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Formal Operational

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11 to 15 years
Abstract thoughts found in logic
Highest level of cognitive development

39
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Jean Piaget’s stages cognitive development

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  1. Sensorimotor
  2. Preoperational
  3. Concrete operational
  4. Formal operational
40
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Kohlberg’s stages or moral development

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  1. Preconventional morality
  2. Conventional morality
  3. Postconventional morality
41
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Moral development

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Development of ideas about right and wrong

42
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Kohlberg

Conventional

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7 to 11 years old

Moral reasoning is based on the expectations of others

43
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Kohlberg

Pre-conventional

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Younger than six years
Morality determined by reward or punishment
(By end stage children understand if someone does something for you, you should do something for them)

44
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Kohlberg

Post conventional

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11 years on
Small portion reach stage
personal ethics and human rights come into play

45
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What is Piaget’s most controversial stage

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Formal operations because cultural differences

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