Devlopmental psych. ch 9

Examples of physical development

1st year a child triples their birth weight and their height increases by 1/2

An infant prefers sweet over sour taste by what age

6 months

Male

A baby receives an X chromosome from its mother and a Y from its father it will develop as a ?

habituate

A decrease in a response from a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentation of a stimulus

46 (23 pairs)

A fertilized egg or zygote contains how many chromosomes

Zygote

Fertilized Egg- First two Weeks, Germinal Period

4 Prenatal Environmental Influences (teratogens)

Mothers Nutrition, Illness, emotional state, use of alchohol or drugs

Female

One baby receives an x chromosome from its mother and one from its father it will develop as a?

Age of viability

Point at which a fetus can survive if born premature(22 wks)

developmental psychology

Psychologists use the term to refer to patterns of physical, intellectual and social change occurring throughout life.

Genes

Small units through which genetic information is transferred

individual differences vs universal principles

The aspects of people's personalities that make them different from other people

Germinal Period

The first two weeks of a pregnancy, from conception to implantation

Fetal period

The longest part of pregnancy, from the 8th week through birth.

Attachment

The positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual

Cognitive Development

The process by which a childs understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience.

deterninism vs free will

The theory that behavior is caused by some event vs The freedom and ability to choose., shape ones own life

Reflexes

Unlearned involutary responses that occur automatically in the presence of a certain stimuli

Embryo

Weeks 2-8, Embryonic period

Teratogen

an agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo

imprinting

behavior that takes place during critical period and involves attachment to the first moving object that is observed.

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross stages of death and dieing

denial, anger, bargaining, depression,acceptance (dabda)

nature vs nurture

hereditary vs environment we grew up in

Cross-sectional research design

people of different ages are compared to one another at a single point in time

Chromosomes

rod shaped structures that contain all basic hereditary information

internal mind vs observable behavior

what one thinks vs how one reacts