Term
|
Definition
Children ages 10 to 20 years old
occurs between the puberty period emerging into adulthood |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the set of biological changes involved in reaching physical and sexual maturity in a universal and biological changes.
changes that take place in young people at different time of life |
|
|
Term
| the transition to adulthood |
|
Definition
adolescence to when child turns 18 years old
become legally an adult and can vote
other culture: relative to the culture |
|
|
Term
| The Scientific Method; what are the steps |
|
Definition
It refers to the truthfulness of the method.(Shaughnessy & Zechmeister, 1985).
The measure/method measures what it claims to measure.
Reliability
“a method has reliability if it obtains similar results on different occasions (Shaughnessy & Zechmeister, 1985).
IQ test example
Validity is more difficult to obtain than reliability |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
question
interviews
ethnography
biological factors
experimental
interventions |
|
|
Term
| The Endocrine System Are: |
|
Definition
| forms by several glands in various parts of the body |
|
|
Term
| Eggs and Sperm Production |
|
Definition
are the development of gametes in both boys and girls
Girls: 400k immature eggs
by puberty a female has about 80k eggs per ovary
first Period: Menarche
Boys: no sperm in the testes until puberty
First Perm: Spermarche |
|
|
Term
gonads are
two sex hormones |
|
Definition
Sex glands in the ovaries and testes
Androgens: responsible the primary and the secondary male sex characteristics.
Estradiol most important: Estrogens for women |
|
|
Term
the primary and the secondary sex hormones are:
they appear in girl and boys? |
|
Definition
the primary sex hormones: sperm and eggs
the secondary are facial and breast |
|
|
Term
the first period
when do girls start to ovulate regularly |
|
Definition
not equal to the first Ovulation
four years after their first period |
|
|
Term
| early or late puberty happens? |
|
Definition
due to genetic factor
environment factors (stress)
positive or negative |
|
|
Term
| Explains a development end point for Piaget? |
|
Definition
| maturation: when a child go from the end of a stage to beging of the next stage. |
|
|
Term
schema?
Assimilation?
Accommodation? |
|
Definition
the way a child process information understand how things work.
Assimilation: when a child associate something for new things that look like the old one.
Accommodation: when a child add the old information to the new one and make them the same. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
12 to adult:
more logical/critical thinking
thinking science |
|
|
Term
Complex thinking?
Sarcasm?
Metacognition? |
|
Definition
speak metaphorically
young children are more sarcastic than adult
thinking outside the box |
|
|
Term
Abstract Thinking?
Complex Thinking?
Pragmatism? |
|
Definition
Think Hypothetically, faith
think critically
logical thinking with practical costraint |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| are nerve cells that send and receive electrical signals over a long distance within the body |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
synaptogenesis: begins before birth
increase after birt
synaptic: pruning |
|
|
Term
Glial Cells
Myelination?
why myelin |
|
Definition
makes myelin
the formation of myelin sheath around the nerve fiber
to protects and insulates axons (cleaning crew) |
|
|
Term
| how many neurons-stages of Development? |
|
Definition
Three
Proliferation: rapid development of new cels
Migration: sorting cell to it's primary areas
Differentiation: final working areas |
|
|
