FLHD 1500 Exam #1

To understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time. A frame work for explaining patterns and problems.

Question and an observation, develop a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, report the results. The scientific method is a process to turn an idea into a theory or proven fact

Positive means to introduce something into the environment to receive a desired effect.

Behaviorism: What a person does rather than what a person thinks or feels

Classical Conditioning: Repeated practice and process

Psychoanalytic theory: Emphasizes unconscious wishes and becomes an observable behavior

Social learning: The influence others have on a specific person (learning though observation)

Cross sectional: In which groups of people of one age are compared with people of another age

Longitudinal: Repeated data on the same individuals as the age

Chromosomes are units that contain instructions called genes. We have 46 chromosomes

Monozygotic twins are identical twins that split from the same zygote early in the development process

Dizygotic twins are two separate ova are fertilized at the same time. This is also known as fraternal twins

Nature refers to the influences of genes that people inherit

Nurture refers to the environmental influences starting with the diet fed to the embryo, down to the human’s community, culture, family, etc.

It’s more sterile, digestible, and rich in nutrients when received from the mother. Allergies and asthma are less common in children who were breast fed and other things as well such as this example

40%. 60% fail to grow or survive

Put rouge on the baby and put them in front of the mirror and they don’t recognize that it is themselves in the mirror. Put the baby back in front of the mirror when older white the same test, and they will recognize it is them they are seeing in the mirror

It tests the development of the brain and the self awareness of the baby

The Apgar score

Growth to make neuro pathways. They are consistently taking in information and need processing time. Hence why they sleep for 18-20 hours a day

The character at which an adult interacts with a baby using their voice. Most often resulted in a high pitch voice

Sensing is to receive information from the outside world, while perception is making sense of the information received

Social referencing: The baby observing those around them learning how they should interact with those around them

Stranger wariness: An infants expression of concern - a quiet stare while clinging to a familiar person

Separation Anxiety: An infant’s distress when a familiar caregiver leaves; most obvious between 9 and 14 months

A life threatening injury that occurs when an infant is forcefully shaken back and forth. A motion that ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections

The deep sadness and inadequacy felt by some new mothers in the days and weeks after giving birth

Sensorimotor intelligence, pre operational thinking, concrete operational thinking

Trust vs. mistrust, Autonomy vs. shame and doubt, Initiative vs. guilt

Genotype: The collection of an individuals genes. An organism’s entire genetic inheritance

Phenotype: The observable characteristics of a person including things such as appearance and personality

A persons position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, etc.

The age is 22 weeks after conception at which the fetus may survive outs the mother’s uterus

Melanin expresses these colors. The higher the concentration, the darker eyes, skin, and hair color become

He theorized how the Brian levels up and develops. He studied the sensory and motor intelligence of humans

An Austrian physician who treated patients suffering from illness. Also studied how our subconscious drives who we are

He developed the ecological system of behaviorism

Talks about reinforcement and how that shapes our behavior

He developed the ecological systems approach

He developed the social structure theory for child development

Genetics given to me or anyone else through their parents shared genes (Also nature vs. nurture)

The things that affect who we are. Family, religion, peer groups, etc.

A view of human development as an ongoing, ever-changing interaction between the physical and emotional being

How people interact with other people, and do so continuously over time, each interaction affecting the other

A group defined by the shared age of its members who move through life together. They share the same historical event and cultural shifts

A person’s position in society as determined by income, wealth, occupation, education, and a place of residence

Theory of human development that focuses on the changes in how people think over time

The process by which genes that enhance survival and reproductive ability are selected and over generations becoming more frequent

A test given to a newborn ager birth. A scale of 1-10

A trait influenced by many genes

The full set of genes; instructions to make an individual member of a certain species

A trait affected by many factors, both genetic and environmental

Any outside factor that can contribute to a birth abnormality

Germinal, embryonic, fetal, birth

The physical ability involving large body movements

The physical abilities involving small body movements