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Erickson's theory |
Psychological and social aspects |
Ex: the challenge for adolescents is to develop an identity. |
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Skinner's operant conditioning |
Reinforcing punishment shaped the child and his or her behavior |
Ex: chocolate or gold stars |
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Piaget theory |
Children themselves develop theories about how the world works around them based on concrete experiences |
Ex: a babies theory is like the rattle she's holding she may be thinking of I let go of the rattle it will fall to the floor |
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Vygotskys theory |
Ex: Apprenticeship |
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How does genetic counseling work? |
Counselor puts together a detailed family history that can be used to decide whether it's likely that either the man or woman has the allele for the disorder that concerns them |
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How are identical and fraternal twins different |
Identical- single fertilized egg that splits in two Fraternal-two separate eggs fertilized by two separate sperm |
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How do adoption studies work and what are the general results from adoption studies in cold psychology |
Compare monozygotic and dizygitic twins |
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What are 3 general risk factors that influence prenatal development |
Nutrition: proteins, vitamins, and minerals Stress: Reduces the flow of oxygen to the fetus while increasing its heart rate Mothers age: children of teenage mothers do less well in school |
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Much research has been carried out on children of teenage mothers. What does this research reveals about these children? |
Children do less well in school and more often have behaviorial problems |
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What is the policy for pregnant women to follow concerning alcohol is she does not have access to prenatal care or health care consultation? |
Avoid all drugs over counter prescription and illegal drugs |
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Be able to recognize the differences in how ultrasounds and amniocentesis are used in a real life example |
Ultrasounds-sound waves to generate a picture of a fetus. Amniocentesis-needle is inserted in the abdomen to obtain a sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus |
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What are the differences between traditional and prepared approaches of child birth |
Traditional-hospital Prepared child birth-supportive adult father to be too provide emotional support. |
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How is postpartum depression different from normal distress in a new mother? |
Postpartum depression-irritability continues for months feels low self worth disturbed sleep and loss of appetite. Normal distress-physical psychological response to threatening or challenging situations |
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What is a premature baby? What is a small for date baby? Which one has the best chances to survive and thrive? |
Prematurity is the less serious and the best survival rate Premature-born 35 weeks after conception or earlier Small for date-infants smaller that would be expected based on the length of time since conception. |
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What is the typical sleeping range in hours for the newborn? What is REM? why do babies spend so much time in REM? |
16 to 18hrs of sleep a day. REM: Rapid-Eye-Movement Scientist believe that REM helps foster growth in baby's brains. |
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What is SIDS? what are the risk factors? |
SIDS-SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME Risk factors: *birth prematurely or under weight *When parents smoke *Baby sleeps on the stomach *In winter to many blankets |
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What is the difference between normal and average when it comes to discussing developmental milestones? |
Normal- can and go beyond height and other aspects of physical growth but to all to all aspects at developmental normal range for passing the milestone is much Wider. Average-physical growth varies not only on generation to the next but also from one country to another. |
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When does adolescent growth spurt begin on average for girls? When does adolescent growth spurt begin on average boys? |
Girls 11 years old boys 13 years old |
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Discuss the basic research findings on early girls feelings / attitudes about their physical development? |
Girls look at their body and compare more to other girls. |
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how would you recognize anorexia in a real life example? |
When a girl doesn't wanna eat or she sets she's not hungry and you know she hasn't eaten all day |
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What are the effects of malnutrition on the developing infant / child/ adolescent? |
Difficulty maintaining attention. Easily distracted and damages the brain. |
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How would you recognize bulimia in a real life example? |
A girl who eats Alot at once then had to go to the bath room |
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What have we learned about childhood obesity? |
It's important to balance healthy eating and less eating out and heredity |
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