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Human Development
Exam 1 Ch 1-6
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Undergraduate 1
12/14/2010

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Behavior Modification
Definition
application of learning and experimental psychology that alters behavior
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Operant Conditioning
Definition
is a type of learning in which the consequences a behavior changes
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Reinforcement
Definition
the possibility that something else will happen
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Object permanence
Definition
objects exist even when you can't see them
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Attachment
Definition
a bond between people
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Autism
Definition
defects in communication and interactions
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Noam Chomusky's Theory
Definition
LAD- human posses an inborn language device
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Craniosacral Massage (CST)
Definition
enhances the body's ability for natural healing
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Locomotion
Definition
when babies learn to walk in the 1st year
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Proximodistal Principle
Definition
development from near to far----outward
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What happens the baby when the mother smokes?
Definition
The baby will be premature or low birth weight
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Miscarriage
Definition
Spontaneous abortion, when mother losses the babies
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Placenta
Definition
partially permeable membrane that doesn't permit the passage of blood cells
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Fraternal twins
Definition
Dizygotic
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Identical twins
Definition
Monozygotic
Term
when a child learns a word like cat then they think everything with fur is a cat
Definition
Overextension
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When a baby can't consume nourishment
Definition
Failure to thrive
Term
A person that trained to assist in child birth
Definition
Mid-wife
Term
When an infant avoids the mother when she returns
Definition
Insecure Avoidant infants
Term
Baby's first achievement is the willingness to let its mother move out of sight and he doesn't get anxious or start crying
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Erikson's theory of Attachment
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Children that rarely look to others for comfort
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Reactive Attachment Disorder
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Cephalocaudal
Definition
have to get use to limbs and head
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awareness of own mental process
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Metacognition
Term
Awareness of own memory process is called.
Definition
Metamemory
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Longitudinal Design
Definition
studying the same person at different periods points in their life.
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Macro-system
Definition
cultural apsect of socitey expressed in family,education, etc.
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Micro-system
Definition
the network around a person each day
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Exosystem
Definition
structures affecting a person
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Meso-system
Definition
interrelationships among various settings
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Cross-sectional design
Definition
The study of different ppl at different periods of time
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Experimental Design
Definition
Established a cause and effect relationship.
Manipulates one or more vairables
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Sequential Design
Definition
measuring more than one cohort over time
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Conservation
Definition
concept that refers to something staying the same regardless of changes in shape or position.
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Centration
Definition
concentrationing on the one feature and neglect other aspects
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Preoperational period
Definition
principle achievement when children develop the capacity to represent the external world
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Egocentrism
Definition
lack of awareness of others view points
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Children pay attention to state rather than transformation

True or false?
Definition
True
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Non-reversibility
Definition
Failure to recognize that operations can be gone through in reverse order to get back to the starting point.
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Industry
Definition
when child develops competence at a skill
• Competence at skills: empowers a child
• Opportunities at schools: girl scouts
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Inferiority:
Definition
child who is told to watch,Lack of confidence: pessimistic
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