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| What are the 3 stages of prenatal development? |
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| Development from conception to implantation of the fertilized egg in the uterine wall |
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| Development lasting from implantation to the end of the 8th week |
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| Development ranging from the 9th week until birth |
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| Environmental agents (such as disease, organisms, or drugs) that can potentially damage the developing embryo/fetus |
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| What are the 7 motor milestones w/average age accomplished? |
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Prone; lifts head 45° (2 months)
Rolls over (3 months)
Sit w/o support (5.5 months)
Pull themself up to stand (7.5 months)
Crawls (10 months)
Stands by themself (11.5 months)
Walks by themself (12 months) |
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3 months (outlines)
6 months (blurry)
12 months (fully developed) |
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| the decline in responsiveness to a stimulus that is repeatedly presented |
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| What are the 2 types of research designs for studying development? |
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Longitudinal design
Cross-sectional design |
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| Define longitudinal research design |
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| Same people are studied/tested repeatedly over time |
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| Define cross sectional research design |
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| people of different ages are compared at the same time |
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| What are the 4 stages of Piaget’s Cognitive Development? |
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Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational |
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| Define and give the time frame of sensorimotor period |
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Birth to 2 years old
Schemata revolve around sensory and motor abilities |
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| Define and give the time frame of preoperational period |
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2 - 7 years old
Schemata grow in sophistication. Children can think about absent objects, and can use one object to stand for another. |
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| Define and give the time frame of concrete operational period |
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7 - 11 years old
Children gain the capacity for true mental operations, i.e., verbalizing, visualizing, mental manipulation. |
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| Define and give the time frame of formal operational period |
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11 years - adulthood
Mastery is gained over abstract thinking. |
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| Ability to recognize that objects still exist when they're no longer in sight |
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| Define principle of conservation |
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| Ability to recognize that the physical properties of an object remain the same despite the superficial changes in the object's appearance |
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| Tendency to see the world from one's own unique perspective only |
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| What are the 5 stages of the Kübler-Ross stages of death and dying? |
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Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance |
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| Define acculturation/accommodation |
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| Processs through which we change/modify existing schemata to accommodate new experiences |
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| Processs through which we fit new experiences into existing schemata |
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| Mental models of the world we use to guide and interpret our experiences |
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