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28 Cards in this Set
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A brain disorder ivolving lack of social responses is called what?
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Autism
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The scientific study of developmental processes is what?
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human development
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The people who study human development are called what?
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developmental scientists
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Journals kept to record the early development of a child are what?
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baby biographies
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The originator of the theory of evolution was who?
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Charles Darwin
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___________ was not considered a seperate period of development until the early twentieth century when G. Stanley Hall published the book Adolescence.
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Adolescence
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concept of development as a lefe ong process which can be studied scientifically
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life span development
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drawing on many fields or disciplines
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interdisciplinary
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change in number or amount such as height, weight, or size of vocabulary
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quantitative change
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change in kind, structure, or organization, such as change from nonverbal to verbal communication
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qualitative change
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constancy
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stability
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dimensions
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domains
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the domains of development are:
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physical, cognitive, and chosocial
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_________ __________ includes growth of body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills and health
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physical development
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___________ __________ includes change and stability in mental abilities, such as learning, attention memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity
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cognitive development
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_________ _________ are closely related to physical and emotional growth
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cognitive advances
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change and stability in emotions, personality, and social relationships
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physcosocial development
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concept about the nature of reality socially shared perceptions or assumptions
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social construction
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disorder carried on the X chromosome
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sex linked inheritance
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an example of a birth defect caused by a chromosomal error is trisomy-21, also called
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down syndrome
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__________ is becoming more popular and has decreased the incidence of several genetic disorders
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genetic counseling
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compares the prenatal and possibly the postnatal development and experiences of monozygotic twins
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co twin control study
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looks at two types of monozygotic twins
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chorion control study
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influences that help to explain the interplay of nature and nurture
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reaction range, canalization, genotype environment corrilation
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tendency of certain genetic and environmental influences to reinforce each other
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genetype environment correlation
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what makes sibblings different from each other?
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genetics, parents change, environmental change
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heredity accounts for about what percent of obesity?
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80%
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What takes us from zygotes to the human shapes that we have?
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Morphogens
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