Psychology

Developmental Psychology Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5)

Study Guide- key terms and concepts to know

Chapter 1

* What is development/what do developmental psychologists study?

* Domains of human development

* Major theories of human development

* Freud’s psychosexual stages

* Erikson’s psychosocial stages

* Piaget

* Schemes, assimilation, accommodation

* Stages of cognitive development

* Vygotsky’s view

* Bioecological model

* Case study

* Systematic observation

* Naturalistic, laboratory

* Questionnaires, surveys, and interviews

* Longitudinal, cross-sectional, and sequential cohort designs

* Correlation

* Experimental research

* Independent and dependent variable

Chapter 2

* What are: DNA, genes, chromosomes, and alleles?

* Autosomes and sex chromosomes

* Mitosis and meiosis

* Genotype

* Dominant and recessive genes

* Polygenetic inheritance

* Sex-linked traits

* Genetic mutations

* Congenital anomalies

* Autosomal disorder and sex-linked disorders and examples

* Epigenetics

* Concordance and concordance rates

* Classical and Operant conditioning

* Cultural influences

* Normative age-graded, normative history-graded, and non-normative events

Chapter 3

* 3 periods of prenatal development

* Zygote, embryo, fetus

* Monozygotic and dizygotic twins

* Placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic sac

* Spontaneous abortions

* Age of viability

* Critical periods

* Teratogens, examples, and effects

* Stages of childbirth

* Ultrasound, amniocentesis, and CVS

* C-sections

* Apgar score

* Reproductive technologies

* Reflexes-examples

* Survival, primitive

Chapter 4

* The developing brain

* Plasticity

* Neonatal period/neonate

* States of arousal in neonates

* Physical and motor milestones

* Impact of malnutrition

* Breastfeeding...