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multifinality
1 thing can have multiple possible outcomes
equifinality
multiple things can result in the same outcome
age grades
roles, status, responsibilities associated with specific age groups
age norms
behavioral expectations
7 key assumptions of modern life-span perspective
lifelong multidirectional gains & losses plasticity historical/cultural context multiply-influenced multidisciplinary
Freud's psychosexual stages
oral anal phallic latency genital
Erikson's 8 psychosocial stages
trust vs. mistrust autonomy vs. shame/doubt initiative vs. guilt industry vs. inferiority identity vs. role confusion intimacy vs. isolation generativity vs. stagnation ego integrity vs. despair
Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Microsystem-child+immediate surroundings Mesosystem-2+ immediate surroundings interacting Exosystem-things affecting the microsystem, but not the child directly Macrosystem-culture in general
Reciprocal causation
Individual behavior shapes, and is shaped by the social environment difficult to find starting point/cause
Active Gene-Environment Interaction
Phenomenon in which individuals actively seek an environment conducive to their heredity.
passive gene/environment interaction
the interactive environment created by parents with particular genetic predispositions who encourage the expression of these tendencies in their children
evocative gene-environment interaction
when children's genetic endowment causes them to act in a way that draws out or "evokes" certain responses from those around them
Canalization
genetic restriction of a phenotype to a small number of outcomes ex) babbling = highly canalized (small # of outcomes- pretty much everyone does) intelligence = low canalization (deviance based on environment expected; diff for every person)
experiential canalization
the environment that limits the expression of genes
range of reaction
range/limit of expression set by genes environment determines specific outcome
norm of reaction
absence of explicit predictability of gene expression
Acetylation
Addition of acetyl positive control--activation of genes through binding of a regulatory protein activates histones- loosens chromatin, enhancing transcription (de-condensing of chromatin, making DNA more accessible)
methylation
adding -CH3 to tails promotes condensation of the chromatin --> decreased expression of gene
Probabilistic epigenesis
Bidirectional influences, based on four levels of analysis on dev. of an organism
Endoderm
Innermost of the three primary cell layers of the animal embryo; gives rise to the gut and most of the respiratory tract (INTERNAL ORGANS)
mesoderm
rise to muscles and skeleton
exoderm
nervous system, eyes, ears, skin
Differential Susceptibility Model
Refinement of diathesis-stress model; posits that some individuals are more malleable to the environment, for better or worse
Diathesis stress model
both an inherited tendency (vulnerability) and specific stressful conditions are required to produce a disorder talks only of maladaptive factors/risks
thalidomide
limb malformation
nicotine/smoking
cleft palate increased HR ectopic pregnancies
alcohol
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) irritability ADHD
cocaine
SIDS PROM (Premature Rupture of Membranes)
Rubella
first 8 weeks: eye/heart defects 6-13 weeks: deafness
AIDS
transmitted from mom to child: -prenatally (placenta) -during birth (blood exchange, umbilical cord separation) -postnatally (breastfeeding)
stages of human development
prenatal (til birth) infancy (9-18 months) toddlerhood (18-months-3 years) preschool (3-5) middle childhood (6-12) adolescence (12-20) young adulthood (20-40) middle age (40-65) old age (65+)
development
systematic continuities and changes in the individual that occur between conception and death
normative vs. idiographic development
-Normative development – looking for trends across children, being able to generalize - Idiographic development – looking for differences across children, being able to understand why we differ
maturation
biologically-driven cause of development
learning
experience-driven cause of development
theory
heuristic falsifiable parsimonious goals: organize, describe, explain
hypothesis
specific prediction generated by theory
Fixation
According to Freud, failure to move forward from one psychosexual stage to another as expected.
regression
retreat to earlier developmental levels
Watson & classical conditioning
unconditioned stimulus = food unconditioned response = drool conditioned stimulus = bell conditioned response = drool HABIT FORMING
operation conditioning
reinforcement (+, -) punishment (+, -)
Piaget
kids make same mistakes at same time children actively construct new understanding of the world based on THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES assimilation, disequilibrium, accommodation
Vygotsky
Sociocultural Theory: cognitive growth is a socially-mediated activity
cross-sectional study
people who differ in age are measured at ONE point in time
longitudinal study
one cohort studied over a long period of time; development observed
cross-sequential study
cross-sectional + longitudinal measure different cohorts throughout time; compare; observe/ID cohort effects (of generations)
conditional adaptation
ability for genes to change the phenotype they express to adapt to the unique present environment
epigenetics
changes in gene expression caused by things other than changes in underlying DNA sequences
experience-expectant interactions
external factors that affect all humans ex) pollution
experience-dependent interactions
external factors that only affect some people ex) abuse
germinal period
conception-week 2
embryo period
week 2-8
fetal period
week 9-birth
Principle of Developmental Delay and Sleeper effect
effects could be delayed or not appear until later on
maternal age 20-25 (20-30)
most fertile period

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