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Lifespan Development, Stress & Health, and Social Psychology (Chapters 8, 11, and 13) Class: PSYC - Psychology; Subject: Psychology; University: Elon University; Term: Forever 1989;
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the source of heredity TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 contains genetic codes and chromosomes TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 23 chromosomes from mother's egg and 23 from father's sperm the last pair is sex chromosome, the rest are autosomes TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 specific traits are dependent upon pairing of genes, more active genes are dominant most traits are polygenic TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 genetic disorders are expressed when a child gets two recessive genes that carry genetic disorders issue may also occur if chromosomes have an extra or a missing gene
conception to birth---conception is the moment at which a female becomes pregnant TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 egg and sperm unite through fertilization, resulting in a single cell (zygote) that has 46 chromosomes through mitosis, zygote begins to divide into 2 cells, then 4 alterations in mitosis can result into twins or multiples TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 first two weeks after fertilization, during which the zygote moves down to the uterus and begins to implant in the uterine lining TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 cells begin to develop into specialized cells- stem cells from, which stay in an immature state until needed to make more TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 once firmly attached to the uterus, called an embryo last from two weeks after conception to 8 weeks cells will specialize and become various organs and structures of an infant at the end, baby is one inch long and primitive extremities and a beating heart
birth to 2 years understanding that concepts and mental images represent objects, people explore the world using their senses TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 2 to 7 years young children refer to objects with words pretending can't conserve many characteristics of an object believe what they see as literally true egocentrism TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 7-12 years are able to conserve, reverse their thinking, and classify objects in terms of characteristics think logically and understand analogies that are concrete difficulty with abstract concepts TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 12-adulthood concept based, deeply involved with hypothetical thinking studies show that only half of adults reach this stage, others focus on practical operations for their lifestyle TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 theory of how children think importance of social interactions intelligence aided by someone asking "triggering" questions to lead them to think examples of concepts SCAFFOLDING- learner given help at the beginning of learning process, help withdrawn later
Vygotsky's theory each developing child has a zone which is the difference between what the child can do alone versus what the child can do with the help of a teacher ...it isn't what you know, it's what you can do TERM 22
DEFINITION 22
DEFINITION 23 Mary Ainsworth (strange situation study) 1. secure- willing to leave their mother, easily soothed 2. avoidant- ignore their mother 3. ambivalent- upset but ignores mother when she returns 4. disorganized/disoriented- mixed response/fears mom TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 harlow monkeys- they preferred the soft, warm "mothers" over the other mother despite food and they were more attached