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1
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Similar for individuals in a particular age group. These influences include a biological process such as puberty and menopause

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Normative age-grade influences

2
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Common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances.ex/ baby boomers

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Normative history graded influences

3
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usual occurrences that have a major impact on the lives of individual people. These events do not happen to everyone and when they do they influence ppl different ways
ex/ death of a parent or winning the lottery

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Nonnormative life events

4
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Involves the degree to which early traits and characteristics persist through life or change

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Stability and change

5
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A persons genetic heritage; the actual genetic material

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genotype

6
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The way an individuals genotype is expressed in observed and measurable characteristics

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Phenotype

7
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x linked inheritance

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sex linked gene

8
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the interaction of many genes

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polygenetic inheritance

9
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caused by extra 21 chromosome

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down syndrom

10
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a chromosomal disorder in which males have an extra x chromosome
-undeveloped testes and enlarged breasts

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Klinefelter syndrom

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A chromosomal disorder in females which either an x chromosome is missing or part of one is deleted
-infertile and difficulty with mathmatics

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Turner Syndrom

12
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Development is the result of an ongoing bidirectional interchange between heredity and the environment

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Epigenetic view

13
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specific time in which a particular event has great consequence

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Critical Period

14
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Particularly susceptible, but not alway irreversible

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Sensitive period

15
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focuses on our interactions with others and society

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Eriksons Psychosocial development

16
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a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired

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classical conditioning

17
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voluntary behavior governed primarily by consequence

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operant conditioning

18
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behavior learned by observing others and consequences

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Social cognitive learning thory

19
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emphasis on how to represent, understand and think about world

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cognitive perspective

20
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development occurs within context of interaction and culture

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vygotsky sociocultural interaction