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| Children are a blank slate- Tabula Rasa. Nurture |
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| Children are inherently good and when given the opportunity good morality will develop. Nature |
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| Turned child development into an area of academic study |
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| Formed first intelligence test |
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| CONTINUOUS vs discontinuous |
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views development as
a process where the effects of learning mount gradually with no major sudden qualitative changes |
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| continuous vs DISCONTINUOUS |
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views development as: a number of rapid qualitative changes that usher in new STAGES of development.
biological changes provide the potential for psychological changes
Freud and Piaget were discontinuous theorists |
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| ACTIVE vs. Passive controversy |
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maintains children are actively engaged in their development
ex: child viewed as willful and unruly |
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| active vs. PASSIVE controversy |
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maintains that children are passive and the environment acts on them to influence development
ex: child viewed as blank tablets |
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the field of biology that studies heredity
Fundamental in the transmission of physical traits
Also plays a role in psychological traits |
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| Resulting from many genes |
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| Genetic counselors compile information about a couple’s genetic heritage to explore if their children will have a genetic abnormality. |
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Performed on mother 14-16 weeks after conception
Cells separated, grown in culture, and examined for genetic and chromosomal abnormalities
Routine for women over 35 to detect for Down syndrome; other chromosomal abnormalities increase dramatically as women approach 40 |
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| Chorionic Villus Sampling |
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Carried out between 9th and 12th week of pregnancy
Syringe inserted through vagina into uterus to suck out threadlike projections (villi) from the outer membrane that covers the amniotic sac and fetus |
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| Sound waves that are too high in frequency to be heard by human ear obtain information about the fetus |
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| -Set of traits we inherit from our parents |
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-Actual set of traits
-Both genetic and environmental influences |
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| The Germinal Stage 0-2 weeks |
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The period from conception to implantation
Blastocyst
-Cells separate into groups that will become different structures
-Inner part of blastocyst has two distinct layers that form a thickened mass of cells called embryonic disk
-These cells eventually become the fetus |
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| Embriotic Stage 3-8 weeks |
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Development follows cephalocaudal (head to tail) and proximodistal (near to far).
Growth of the head takes precedence over growth of the lower parts of the body.
develops body systems, hair, teeth, organs, etc |
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| fetal stage 9 weeks- birth |
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| basically grows, organs get developed, get ready to be born, responds to outside influences. |
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| outside influences that can harm the baby |
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| has nutrients, hormones that prepare mother's body for birth and nursing. |
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| effacement and dilation, crowning and delivery, placental stage |
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Begins when uterine contractions efface and dilate cervix , causes most childbirth pain
Transition begins: head of fetus begins to move into the vagina or birth canal |
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Episiotomy takes place
Baby emerges from birth canal, and when breathing adequately on own, the umbilical cord is clamped and severed |
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| Placenta separates from the uterine wall and is expelled through birth canal |
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| a baby less than a month old |
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A) the general appearance or color of the neonate
P) the pulse or heart rate
G) grimace
(the 1-point indicator of reflex irritability)
A) general activity level or muscle tone
R) respiratory effort, or rate of breathing |
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seen in prenatal oxygen deprivation (POD)
absence of oxygen |
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seen in prenatal oxygen deprivation (POD)
less oxygen than required |
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| born prior to 37 weeks gestation, thing, immature muscles, weak breathing |
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means to develop from head to tail. This happens in the first 2 years of life, primarily, Examples:
brain/head development earlier coordination than in arms and legs; head larger relative to rest of body, lower parts of body must do more growing to reach adult size.
Arms grow longer than the legs |
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means to develop from the inside out (not internal, but closest to the center)
Example brain/spinal cord (central nervous system) |
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triple x: 1 in 1k females. appears normal but language skills sub par. poor memory. increased infertility. normal sexual development.
cystic fibrosis: 1 in 31 people. recessive gene. excessive production of thick mucus that clogs the pancreas and lungs. most die of respiratory infection in their 20's |
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