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Human Development Study Guide for Midterm

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STUDY QUESTIONS
1. LIST THE PERIODS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. FOR AT LEAST THREE OF
THE PERIODS, GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A COGNITIVE, A PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND
A PHYSICAL EVENT DURING THE PERIOD THAT HELPS TO DEFINE THE
PARTICULAR PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT.
2. WHAT ARE THE THREE STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, AND
WHAT HAPPENS DURING EACH STAGE?
3. DEFINE DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE GENES. LIST FIVE
CHARACTERISTICS THAT DEVELOP DUE TO THE INTERPLAY OF
GENETICALLY INHERITED FACTORS.
4. LIST AND DESCRIBE FIVE BIRTH DEFECTS AND DISEASES THAT ARE A
RESULT OF DOMINANT/RECESSIVE GENES, SEX-LINKED INHERITANCE,
AND GENE MUTATIONS.
5. INFANT MORTALITY IS HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES THAN IN MANY
OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WITH THE RATE OF MORTALITY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BABIES ALMOST DOUBLE THE RATE OF CAUCASIAN
BABIES. LIST TWO OF THE RISK FACTORS THAT BABIES FACE IN THE FIRST
YEAR AND GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF EACH. LIST THREE SPECIFIC DANGERS
THAT LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES HAVE TO FACE DURING THE EARLY
MONTHS AFTER BIRTH.
6. LIST AT LEAST THREE OF THE MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
SENSORIMOTOR PERIOD OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED BY
JEAN PIAGET, AND DEFINE THEM IN YOUR OWN WORDS, USING EXAMPLES
IF NEEDED.
7. DEFINE ATTACHMENT AND EXPLAIN THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN
PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT. LIST THREE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF
ATTACHMENT AND DESCRIBE THEIR ADAPTIVEVALUE FOR BABIES IN
ENSURING THAT THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL NEEDS WILL BE
MET.
8. LIST ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LONGITUDAL, CROSS-
SECTIONAL, & SEQUENTIAL RESEARCH.
9. LIST AND EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS BALTES SEVEN PRINCIPLES
OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT.
10. LIST THE FIRST FIVE STAGES OF ERIKSON’S (IN ORDER) PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLAIN HOW A PERSON GOES ABOUT RESOLVING
THESE CRISES.

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STUDY QUESTIONS 1. LIST THE PERIODS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. FOR AT LEAST THREE OF THE PERIODS, GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A COGNITIVE, A PSYCHOSOCIAL, AND A PHYSICAL EVENT DURING THE PERIOD THAT HELPS TO DEFINE THE PARTICULAR PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT. 2. WHAT ARE THE THREE STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WHA ...
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