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24 Cards in this Set
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Qualitative Changes |
on or offset of a process ex. reproduction onset during puberty |
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Quantitative Changes |
gradual growth or deterioration in size ex. body weight |
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Cross-Sectional Study |
Comparison of different groups without measuring developmental changes
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Longitudinal Study |
Examines one group of individuals at different ages |
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Cell Growth |
growth and division differentiation cell death |
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Protein Synthesis |
can be enzymes, hormones, body cells, bone input of amino acids and nutrients result is growth, differentiation, metabolism |
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Extracellular Chemical Messengers |
hormones neurotransmitters peptides cytokines |
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Intracellular Chemical Messengers |
cyclic AMP IP3 calcium-calmodulin
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Critical Period |
conditions necessary for normal development of nervous system |
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Sensitive Period |
certain conditions are capable of damage to the nervous system |
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Vulnerable Period |
Nervous System can be adversely affected |
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Optimum Period |
nervous system can be positively affected |
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Prenatal Development |
Primarily the differentiation and growth of tissues in the brain and body |
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Teratology |
Study of congenitally deformed fetuses caused by teratogens |
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Teratogens |
Hormones ex. progesterone Drugs ex. cocaine Environmental Chemicals ex. mercury Infections ex. rubella |
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Test Batteries |
examine changes in developmental parameters caused by abnormal neuroendocrine or environmental stimuli ex. collaborative behavioural teratology study battery |
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General Test Batteries |
for study of early development examines responses of newborn and young children to stimuli |
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Specific Tests |
Examine development of motor, cognitive, social, emotional behaviors |
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Organizational Effects |
chemical messengers modulate developmental organization of systems ex. gonadal hormones organize sexual differentiation |
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Adolescent Development |
puberty=biological maturity hormone levels altered by environmental stimuli ex. light cycles |
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Old Age |
sensory, reproductive, fluid intelligence decline crystallized intelligence remains stable |
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Plasticity |
effected by internal and external stimuli prenatal and postnatal changes |
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Immune System Development |
Thymus gland matures T and B cells |
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Freud's Stages |
1) oral 2) anal 3) phallic 4) latency 5) puberty 6)young adulthood 7) old age |
