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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...