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1
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microsystem

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personal relationships

2
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mesosystem

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relationship btwn microsystem (ex. how your parents and teacher get along)

3
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exosystem

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institutions, how other microsystems effect me (ex. parents workplace)

4
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macrosystem

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attitudes, ideas of culture

5
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who came up with influences on development?

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Bronfenbrenner

6
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chronosystem

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historical events that happen over lifetime

7
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true or false: race is a social construction

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true

8
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norm

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standard for particular population

9
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head sparing

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is something slows weight gain, nature slows growth of body but not brain

10
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neurons

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connects communication in central nervous system

11
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cortex

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houses neurons, where most brain activity occurs

12
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prefrontal cortex

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area for anticipation, planning, impulse

13
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axons and dendrites

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connects neurons

14
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synapses

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intersection between axons of one neuron to dendrites of another

15
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neurotransmitters

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chemical that carries info from axon of sending neuron to dendrites of receiving neuron

16
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synaptic gap

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between axon and dendrite, where info passes over

17
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transient exuberance

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early dendrite growth

18
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pruning

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process in which unused/extra axons and dendrites die, loss of dendrites increases brain power

19
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self-righting

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inborn drive to fix a deficit (ex. standing up after being tipped over)

20
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sensation

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when sensory system detects stimulus

21
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perception

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occurs when brain processes a sensation

22
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cognition

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when people think about what they have percieved

23
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Piaget

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sensorimotor

24
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colostrium

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thick high calorie fluid produced in breast

25
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wasting

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underweight bc of malnutrition

26
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cross sectional

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seperated by age

27
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longitudinal

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follow same people over time

28
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cross sequential

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combining cross sectional and longitudinal

29
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multidirectional development

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development does not always go forward

30
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multicontextual development

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impacted by different contexts

31
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plastic development

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adaptable, malliable

32
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genes

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segments of DNA

33
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genotype

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genetic composition

34
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phenotype

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physical manifestation of genetic composition

35
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social construction

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idea based on shared perceptions

36
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active

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child seeks activities that match genetic ability (ex. child wants to play soccer because they are genetically active0

37
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passive

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child is put in situation that so happens to match genetic ability (ex. parents put child on soccer team and turns out that they are very good)

38
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evocative

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childs behavior evokes response (ex. child is always running around so parents put him on soccer team)

39
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germinal period

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first two weeks, rapid growth

40
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embryonic period

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two-eight weeks, development of body and brain, all organs except sex organs

41
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fetal period

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nine weeks-birth, sex organs, CV system, brain develops more

42
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age of viability

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about 22 weeks, age at which brain is developed enough to live outside womb

43
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teratogen

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any agent that can cause harm to development

44
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synaptogenesis

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process of forming synapses/ connections

45
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assimilation

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experiences are interpreted to fit into old ideas

46
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accommodation

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old ideas are reconstructed to fit new experience

47
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synchrony

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coordinated exchange of responses between caregiver and infant

48
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social referencing

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seeking info about how to react by looking at others