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1)
What were the theories that Locke and Rousseau had?
 
Locke: children are blank slates, waiting to be written upon by experience Rousseau: children are noble savages, innately moral and with a plan for healthy development
2)
What is a theory?
 
An orderly, integrated set of statemen ts that describes, explains, and predicts behavior
3)
The exosystem consists of....
 
Social settings that do not contain the developing person but nevertheless affect experiences in immediate settings.
4)
What chemical substance are chromosomes made up of?
 
Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA
5)
What is SES ( socioeconomic status)?
 
It is what researchers assess a family's standing is made up of with these three related but not completely overlapping 1. years of education 2 prestige of ones job and the skill 3 income which measures economic status.
6)
What measures the extent to which individual differences in complex traits in a specific population are due to genetic, factors.
 
Heritability estimates
7)
What are the 3 different period types in the first trimester?
 
Zygote, Embryo, Fetus,
8)
What refers to any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period?
 
Teratogens
9)
What are the three stages to childbirth?
 
Dilation and effacement of the cervixdelivery of the baby delivery of the placenta
10)
What is accounting for 85% of the brains weight and containing the gretest number of neurons and synapses?
 
Cerebral cortex
11)
What is accounting for 85% of the brains weight and containing the gretest number of neurons and synapses?
 
Cerebral cortex
12)
Name some reasons to breastfeed
 
Provides the correct balance of fat and protein Ensures nutritional completenessHelps ensure healthy physical growthProtects against many diseasesprotects against faulty jaw development and tooth decayensures disestibilitysmoothes the transition to solid foods
13)
What is the 3 part system of the information processing view of cognitive development.
 
Sensory registerworking or short-term memorylong-term memory
14)
Schemes adaptation is made up of two complementary activities what are they?
 
Assimilation and accommodationOrganization
15)
What is one of the best predictors of early language development
 
CDS ( Child-directed speech)
16)
What is happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, and disgust?
 
Basic emotions
17)
What age is common to find separation anxiety?
 
6-8 months to 18-months-2 years.
18)
Self-awareness is associated with the beginnings of .....?
 
Empathy
19)
What structure helps aid in balance and control of body movement
 
Cerebellum
20)
What is childrens self-directed speech now called
 
Private speech
21)
What is to connect new words with their underlying concepts aftr only a brief encounter
 
Fast-mapping
22)
What is self-esteem
 
The judgments we make about our own worth and the feelings associated with those judgmetns.
23)
What are the three cognitive play categories
 
Functional Playconstructive playmake-believe play
24)
Scoring high on both masculine and feminine personality characteristics
 
Androgyny
25)
What is the most common visin problem in middle childhood
 
Myopia
26)
What is the process of continuously monitoring progress toward a goal, checking outcomes, and redirecting unsuccessful efforts.
 
Cognitive Self-regulation
27)
Stereotype threat
 
Is the fear of being judged on the basis of a negative stereotype and it can trigger anxiety that interferes with performance
28)
What is the capacity to imagine what other people may be thinking and feeling
 
Perspective taking
29)
What are the general categories of peer acceptance
 
Popular childrenrejected childrencontroversial childrenneglected children
30)
What percent of divorced parents remarry within a few years.
 
60 %
31)
What is a growth spurt
 
The first outward sign of puberty is the rapid gain in height and weight
32)
---------- is more common than ---------------- , affecting about 2.to 4 percent of teenage girls, only 5 percent of whom have previously been ............
 
Bulimia, anorexia nervosa, anorexic.
33)
What percentage of teenager have tried at least one highly addictive and toxic substance.
 
20 %
34)
How many levels and how many stages are in Kohlberg's moral understanding
 
3 levels and each with 2 stages
35)
What does biological, social, and cognitive factors jointly contribute to?
 
Gender intensification
36)
What are the factors related to depression?
 
Heredity, maladaptive parenting, learned-helpless attributional style, nd negative life events.
37)
What are the 5 sensory physical changes of aging
 
Vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch
38)
What are the 5 sensory physical changes of aging
 
Vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch
39)
Drug taking peaks amount US ___________ year olds and then declines over the decade of the __________.
 
19- to 22twenties.
40)
What are the vocational developments
 
Fantasy periodtentative periodrealistic period
41)
What types of resources foster resilience in emerging adulthood
 
Cognitive attributesemotional and social attributes
42)
What types of resources foster resilience in emerging adulthood
 
Cognitive attributesemotional and social attributes
43)
A marriage that partners relate as equals, sharing power and authority is what?
 
Egalitarian
44)
What is it called when te midlife transition the fertility declines
 
Climacteric
45)
What is the leading malignancy for women and for men
 
Breast cancer and prostate cancer
46)
What percentage of adult learners are women
 
60%
47)
What are the big five personality traits
 
Neuroticismextroversionopenness to experienceagreeablenessconscientiousness
48)
What and who is the kinkeeper
 
Usually the mother and by gathering the family for celebrations and making sure everyone stays in touch
49)
In 2008 what figure was the life expectancy compared to the 50 in 1900
 
78.1
50)
What is it called when breathing ceases for 10 sec or longer
 
Sleep apnea
51)
___________ is the most common form of dementia.
 
Alzheimer's disease
52)
Accouding to Robert Peck attaining ego integrity involves three distinct tasks:
 
Ego differentiationBody transcendenceEgo transcendence
53)
What are the two different types of residential communities
 
Congregate housinglife-care communities
54)
Elders, who experience __________ have developed many ways to minimize lisses and maximize gains
 
Optimal aging
55)
What are the 3 phases the a person moves through when transitioning from life to death
 
Agonal phoasclinical deathmortality
56)
What are the 5 stages of dying from Kubler-Ross theory
 
Denialangerbargainingdepressionacceptance
57)
Is it true that even though most say they want to die at home only about 1/4th actually do.
 
True
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