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| Why is developmental psych a science? |
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| i. Because claims and theories that are made are research based and can be evaluated using scientific method |
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| Why do casual observations lead to innacurate predictions |
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| Overgeneralize, confirmation bias |
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| Why is science an ongoing process |
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| No single finding can demonstrate a claim |
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| Advantages of corellational studies |
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1. Can help us predict and see relationship
2. Can test weather relationship is positive or negative |
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| True Experiment Advantages |
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| Can determine cause by controlling 3rd variables |
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| Disadvantages of true experiment |
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1. Testing enviorment different than reality
2. Confounding Variables |
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| Because all individuals differences should even out |
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| Disadvantages of quasi-experimental designs |
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| Cannot make causal claims |
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-Collected at one point in time
-Compare different ages |
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| Advantages of cross sectional studies |
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Practical
Allows description of age differences |
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| Disadvantages of cross sectional |
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-Cant account for individual differences
-Can't make statements about developmental claims
-Cohort effect |
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| Longitudinal Study Advantages |
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| Longitudinal Disadvantages |
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1. Practical Problems
2.Year of measurement and age counfounds |
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1. Cell released monthly from woman’s ovaries
2. If fertilized forms basis for developing organism |
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| Tube between ovary and uterus down which ovum travels to uterus and in which conception usually occurs. |
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| Entryway between vagina and uterus, expands for childbirth |
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| Single cell formed from separate sperm and egg cells at conception |
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Developing organism between 2 and 8 weeks
Begins with implantation of blastocyte in uterine wall |
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| Name given to developing organism from 8 weeks after conception to birth |
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| Organ that develops between fetus and wall of uterus during gestation |
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Outer layer of cells of bastocyst during prenatal development
Placenta and umbilical chord formed from this |
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Prenatal Diagnostic technique that samples cells from the chorion
Can be used to determine genetic abnormalities in the fetus |
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| Procdure where needle used to extract amniotic fluid and look for genetic abnormalities |
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| Using high frequency sound waves to get a picture of the baby |
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| Mucus membrane that lines the uterus, nourishes the baby until placenta develops |
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| Outside agent that can increase risk of deviation in principal development |
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| Period of Zygote time frame |
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| Conception to implantation |
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1. Floats from fallopian tube to uterus
2. Cell division into two sections |
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| Embryonic Stage timeframe |
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| 1. Neural tube develops after 4 weeks, becomes brain and spinal chord |
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1. Major growth
2. Refinement of organs
3. Brain Development |
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| Rubella description, effects, and timing |
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Form of measles
Deafness blindness and abnormal brain development
In first month baby 50 percent more likely |
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| Texaplasmosis description, effects, timing |
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Virus in cat poop
Flu like symptoms in adult |
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| Thalodomine description, effects, results |
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Given for morning sickness
35 days after last period no ears
40 days no arm
52nd day no effect |
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| Fetal alcohol syndrome effects |
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| Flat face, low birth weight, mental retardation |
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Low birth weight
Over stimulated babies
Stiff if cocaine |
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| Proper dietary mother needs |
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25-35 extra pounds
300-500 more calories |
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| Results of bad maternal diet |
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Low birth weight
Higher infant mortality rate
Poor brain development |
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| Older mothers direct effects |
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Lower fertility rate
Chromosomal abnormalities |
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| Older mothers indirect effects |
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| Younger mothers direct effects |
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| Younger mothers indirect effects |
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| Prenatal care and lifestlye |
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| How newborn is predisposed toward social interaction |
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1. Auditory likes human voice and enjoys rhythm of mothers voice.
2. Appearence of baby |
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| Easy babies percent and characteristics |
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40 percent
Active, social, regular |
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| Difficult child percent and characteristics. |
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10 percent
Active, not social, irregular and intense reactions |
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| Slow to warm up child percent and characteristics |
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15 percent
Low on everything |
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| Highly interactive mother difficult baby |
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| Makes baby more difficult |
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| Highly interactive mother and slow developing child |
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| Task oriented mother and difficult child. |
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| Task oriented and slow to develop |
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