Unit 9 Development Flashcards
Tell me about chromosomes
Born with 23 pairs (46 total)
23rd pair= sex
Y= boy
X= girl
DNA
strand of chain on each chromosome
M/F sex hormones
Estrogen- female
Testosterone- male
Androgyny
M/F combo, masculine and feminine characteristics
Gender identity
Perceived understanding of whether identified as male or female
Social learning with example
Observe and follow what it means to be male and female
Ex: baby gender reveal (blue vs pink), barbies
Gender schema
Created by culture, passed down
Ex: what’s okay for M/F (boys don’t cry)
Teratogens
Toxins enter the body/are ingested that affects fetus
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Drinking while pregnant
Imprinting
Konrad Lorenz- infant animals follow what is familiar to them
Critical period of language hypothesis
From age 5-> puberty is period to learn language
- If not then plasticity of that area lost (crystallizes/hard to modify)
Habituation
Decreased response to repeated stimuli (ex: newborn seeing lights)
Plasticity
Brains ability to adapt to new environmental conditions
Attachment studies
Harry Harlow- monkeys
Attachment to comfort or nourishment?
Schema
Concept of organizing ideas
- pre-learned, organized items we know (ex: animals and noises)
Assimilation
Place unknown item into already retained schema
Accommodate
Alter/expand schema (ex: types of dogs)
Piaget’s Cognitive development stages
Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, formal operational
Sensorimotor
(0-18mon) stranger anxiety and object permanence
Object permanence
Lack of understanding of things being permanent