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PS101 Thompson exams 1-4 WITH WELL
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AND CORRECTLY ANSWERED|\ |\ |\




QUESTIONS

What is the difference between stages and continuous
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development? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Stages is roughly defined |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


by age/age implies relative changes; continuous has critical and
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sensitive periods |\




What characterizes a critical period? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔you have to develop a certain capacity at a specific time ore
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you won't be able to later
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What characterizes a sensitive period? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔there's an optimal time, but if you don't develop the capacity
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then, you can do it later, it'll just be harder
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Endogenous vs. exogenous? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


✔✔endogenous: biological programmed unfolding (maturation) |\ |\ |\ |\




exogenous: experiences have a greater impact |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What does our genetic blueprint consist of? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔chromosomes, DNA, genes (we have 23 chromosomes from
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each parent = 46 total)
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,Where do dominant and recessive characteristics apply? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔genotype, phenotype, dominant genes,
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and recessive genes
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What are sex linked characteristics? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔chromosome 23 determines our sex (female: 2 X; male: 1 x |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


and 1 Y) |\ |\




Where are recessive genes found? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔at
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the X chromosome
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Give examples of sex-linked characteristics - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔-hemophilia (blood clot disorder); recessive trait primarily
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seen in men |\ |\ |\




-color-blindness (also seen mostly in men) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What is the Human Genome Project? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it
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has been used to identify around 30,000 human genes
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What are the stages of prenatal development? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1) germinal stage |\ |\ |\




2) embryonic stage
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3) fetal stage
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Germinal stage of prenatal development: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔occurs during the first two weeks |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,Embryonic stage of prenatal development: - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔(weeks 3-8) |\ |\




-rapid growth and cell differentiation, amniotic sac, and umbilical
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cord


What are examples of teratogens? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔radiation, toxic industrial chemicals, diseases, drugs |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




What is Fifth Disease? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it is one of the
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five major diseases of childhood and can lead to miscarriage
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Fetal stage of prenatal development - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔(weeks 8-40) |\




-end of month 3: moves arms, legs, mouth and head
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-month 4: quickening (baby movement)
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-month 5: has essentially all brain cells
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-month 6: brain activity in newborns
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What characterizes a competent newborn? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔when it displays reflexes and is keenly attuned
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(example: sucking reflexes and recognition of mother's voice)
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Physical development of an infant: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-at
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birth the brain is 25% of its adult weight
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-essentially all the neurons are there |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-dendrites increase dramatically over the first 2 years
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, -neuronal axons acquire myelin |\ |\ |\




What is the basic sequence of motor development? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔-lifts head up (2) |\ |\ |\ |\




-rolls over (2.5)
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-sits propped up (3)
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-sits without support (6)
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-stands holding on (6.5) |\ |\ |\




-walks holding on (9)
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-stands momentarily (10) |\ |\




-stands alone (11) |\ |\




-walks alone(12) |\




-walks backwards (14)
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-walks up steps (17)|\ |\ |\




-kicks ball forward(20)
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What is cephalocaudal development? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔(head to tail) gaining control over body from head to tail in
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sequence


What is proximodistal development? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔(close to far) gaining control from the center of your body to
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more spread out parts
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What is temperament? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a child's basic
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personality and building blocks of character
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