PSYCH 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Evolutionary Developmental Psychology, Quantitative Trait Locus
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Chapter 1: theory and research strategies: definition of development. Resilience (text): definition and function of theory. Contributions and limitations of piaget"s theory: general premises of information processing theory, evolutionary developmental psychology and ethology, and developmental cognitive neuroscience as presented in text. Terms: heritability estimates, kinship studies, concordance rates, monozygotic vs. dizygotic twins. Terms: collectivist societies vs. individualistic societies (text); developmental niche and its components. Findings of crystal & stevenson (1995) from lecture ( bad kid ) Examples of paternal factors that matter: perinatal environment, 3 stages of childbirth, changing notion of traditional childbirth, concerns of medicalization of birth (impact of fetal monitoring machines, pain medication controversy, Cesareans: features of natural childbirth approach (classes, relaxation, coach), doula, birthing centers, consequences for and caregiving of pre-term infants; kangaroo care, newborn"s physical appearance, physical condition, apgar scale, newborn capacities: reflexes (definition, role, examples), sensory capacities.
