Exam 1

Question 1

microsystem

Answer 1

personal relationships

Question 2

mesosystem

Answer 2

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

Question 3

exosystem

Answer 3

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

Question 4

macrosystem

Answer 4

attitudes, ideas of culture

Question 5

who came up with influences on development?

Answer 5

Bronfenbrenner

Question 6

chronosystem

Answer 6

historical events that happen over lifetime

Question 7

true or false: race is a social construction

Answer 7

true

Question 8

norm

Answer 8

standard for particular population

Question 9

head sparing

Answer 9

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

Question 10

neurons

Answer 10

connects communication in central nervous system

Question 11

cortex

Answer 11

houses neurons, where most brain activity occurs

Question 12

prefrontal cortex

Answer 12

area for anticipation, planning, impulse

Question 13

axons and dendrites

Answer 13

connects neurons

Question 14

synapses

Answer 14

intersection between axons of one neuron to dendrites of another

Question 15

neurotransmitters

Answer 15

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

Question 16

synaptic gap

Answer 16

between axon and dendrite, where info passes over

Question 17

transient exuberance

Answer 17

early dendrite growth

Question 18

pruning

Answer 18

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

Question 19

self-righting

Answer 19

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

Question 20

sensation

Answer 20

when sensory system detects stimulus

Question 21

perception

Answer 21

occurs when brain processes a sensation

Question 22

cognition

Answer 22

when people think about what they have percieved

Question 23

Piaget

Answer 23

sensorimotor

Question 24

colostrium

Answer 24

thick high calorie fluid produced in breast

Question 25

wasting

Answer 25

underweight bc of malnutrition

Question 26

cross sectional

Answer 26

seperated by age

Question 27

longitudinal

Answer 27

follow same people over time

Question 28

cross sequential

Answer 28

combining cross sectional and longitudinal

Question 29

multidirectional development

Answer 29

development does not always go forward

Question 30

multicontextual development

Answer 30

impacted by different contexts

Question 31

plastic development

Answer 31

adaptable, malliable

Question 32

genes

Answer 32

segments of DNA

Question 33

genotype

Answer 33

genetic composition

Question 34

phenotype

Answer 34

physical manifestation of genetic composition

Question 35

social construction

Answer 35

idea based on shared perceptions

Question 36

active

Answer 36

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

Question 37

passive

Answer 37

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)

Question 38

evocative

Answer 38

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

Question 39

germinal period

Answer 39

first two weeks, rapid growth

Question 40

embryonic period

Answer 40

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

Question 41

fetal period

Answer 41

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

Question 42

age of viability

Answer 42

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

Question 43

teratogen

Answer 43

any agent that can cause harm to development

Question 44

synaptogenesis

Answer 44

process of forming synapses/ connections

Question 45

assimilation

Answer 45

experiences are interpreted to fit into old ideas

Question 46

accommodation

Answer 46

old ideas are reconstructed to fit new experience

Question 47

synchrony

Answer 47

coordinated exchange of responses between caregiver and infant

Question 48

social referencing

Answer 48

seeking info about how to react by looking at others