PSYC 2070 : Midterm Study Guide
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Read any article pertaining to something we have learned so far in class and write a paper exactly no less and no longer than 1 page: attach article! Contextual (normative age graded, history graded, non-normative life event) Difference between lifespan (the number of years a species can live) and. Life expectancy (has gone up the past few years) Bronfenbrenner"s ecological theory (not sure what the other short answer is on) Life span development; difference bt traditional approach: life span is continuous through entire life, lifelong, multidimensional, interrelated, multidirectional, multidisciplinary, plasticity- capacity to change, contextual normative age graded normative history graded non normative, cultural, secs, traditional- stop in adulthood. Uses name with theory and expects to know idea. Apa guidelines: aware, inform, consent, voluntary, may quit, debriefing, no deception. 3 debates: nature/ nuture, stability/ change, continuity/ discontinuity genetic disorders cell division/ meiosis/ mitosis/ genetic variability prenatal diagnostic tests assistive reproductive techniques periods of pregnancy development teratogen- essay, definition and examples.
