microsystem
1st level
child’s immediate environment
-face to face relationships
-parents
mesosystem
2nd level
exosystem
macrosystem
4th level
chronosystem
5th level
PKU
recessive gene disorder (homozygous for the condition)
Down Syndrome
disorder due to extra chromosome on 21
Klinefelter Syndrome
in males
presence of two or more X chromosomes along with a single Y
Prader-Willi
chromosomal deletion
-have some degree of mental retardation, are obese, and may have obsessive-compulsive behaviors
Turner Syndrome
in females
When are you most susceptible to teratogens
weeks 3 - 8
Piaget’s stages of development
Sensorimotor-birth - 2 yrs
Preoperational Stage-2 - 7yrs
-learn via symbolic function
-incomplete understanding of cause and effect
magical thinking, egocentrism, focus on most noticeable feature-(water & different size glasses)
Concrete Operational Stage-7 - 11yrs
-Conservation - more abstract thinking
Formal Operational-11+years
Assimilation
incorporation of new knowledge into existing schemas
Accommodation
modification of existing schemas to incorporate new knowledge
circadian arousal and age (peak time for performance)
older adults: morning
younger adults: morning and evening
In regards to memory, when compared to young adults, old adults exhibit declines in what areas
Greatest decline is in recent long-term memory
then working memory
Remote long term memory, memory span, and sensory memory are unaffected
Episodic memory is more adversely affected by increasing age
semantic bootstrapping
child uses knowledge of meaning of words to infer their syntactical category
Syntactic bootstrapping
child uses syntactical knowledge to learn the meaning of new words
Phonemes
smallest units of sound that are understood in a language
Morphemes
smallest unit of sound that conveys meaning
Stages of language acquisition
Bilingual children and academic performance
maternal malnutrition has most severe consequences
6-9 months
by what age has the brain achieved 80% of its weight
2 yrs