Chapter 1 & 2 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Gerontology
The scientific study of the aging process
Normative transitions
Predictable life changes that occur during development
Cohort
The age group with whom with travel through life
Collectivist cultures
Individualistic cultures
Societies that prize social harmony and family
Societies that prize independence and competition
Bidirectionality
Principle that people affect one another
Person-environment fit
The extent to which the environment is tailored to our biological tendencies and talents
Epigenetics
How life alters DNA
Piaget’s steps
Assimilation
Accommodation
Proximodistal
Cephalocaudal
Mass-to-specific
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Age of viability
The earliest point at which a baby can survive outside the womb
Quickening
A woman’s first feeling of the fetus inside
Teratogen
Crosses placenta and harms fetus
Fetal programming research
Discipline exploring impact of traumatic pregnancy events on producing low birth weight, obesity, and long-term physical problems
Single gene disorder
1. Dominant disorder
Recessive disorder
Sex-linked single gene disorder
- Huntington’s
- CF, sickle cell anemia, tay-sachs
- Hemophilia
Amniocentesis
2nd trimester procedure - syringe extracts amniotic fluid to test for genetic and chromosomal conditions
Assisted reproductive technology
In vitro
Egg fertilized outside womb
Conception occurs outside womb then inserted
Apgar scale
Heart rate, muscle tone, respiration, reflex response, colour
Low birth weight
VL birth weight
Less than 5.5 lbs
Less than 3.25 lbs
