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Ch 1 & 2 Dev Psych
Developmental Psychology-Experiencing the Lifespan
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cohort | Birth group, the age group with whom we travel through life |
| Emerging Adults | A new in-between stage of life in affluent countries lasting from ages 18 to late twenties in which members explore our place in the world |
| Socioeconomic Status | a term referring to our education and especially our income |
| Individualistic Culture | emphasize independence, competition, and personal success. Children are encouraged to openly express their emotions...leave their parents...be independent adults |
| Collectivist Culture | family generations expect to live together even as adults, children are taught to obey their elders, to suppress their feelings, to value being respectful, and subordinate their needs to the good of the wider group |
| Gender | Development is majorly affected by this |
| Behaviorism | Nurture theory; traditionalists focus on charting and modifying only "objective" visible behavior |
| Cognitive Behaviorism | launched by Bandura, modeling is important, self efficacy and our beliefs are important |
| Psychoanalytic Theory | coined by Freud a stage theorist of treatment during first years of life |
| Attachment Theory | formulated by Bowlby (in common with Freud) centering on the crucial importance to our species' survival of being closely connected with a caregiver during early childhood and being attached to a significant other during life |
| Evolutionary | Nature theory; twin studies; bidirectional-our nature shapes our nurture |
| Erikson | Stage theorist; psychosocial; we learn through our lifetime |
| Piaget | researched how children think; human beings have a built in hunger to learn and mentally grow; assimilation and accommodation |
| Which gender is more likely to be conceived | Male |
| Placenta | passes nutrients from the mother to the developing baby |
| Neural Tube | indentation that forms between 21 and 24 days after fertilization along the back of the embryo and closes up to |
| Quickening | sensation like bubbles that signals the baby kicking in the womb; woman feels attached |
| Teratogen | any substance that crosses the placenta to harm the fetus. may be an infectious disease, a medication, a recreational drug, environmental hazards, such as radiation or pollution, or even hormones |
| Ultrasound | common test that provides an image of the baby, used to date the pregnancy and asses the fetus's growth in addition to revealing various structural abnormalities |
| amniocentesis | amniotic fluid sample; reveal ost of genetic and chromosomal conditions as well as the sex |
| Le Masse | system of pain management-father coaches mother after going to a class |
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