Conception to Infancy
A personal or social factor that increases the probability of developing problem conditions later in life
What is a risk factor?
What is toddlerhood?
Often described as beginning with the onset of menstruation in girls and sperm production in boys.
What is puberty?
This process occurs in midlife, when people begin to use both sides of their brains to solve problems for which only one side was previously used.
What is bilateralization?
Best understood as the "umbrella" term used to describe the symptoms of various neurological disorders
This first of Piaget's stages identifies that learning takes place through the senses and motor activities.
What is Sensorimotor?
This type of factor in toddlerhood and early childhood includes social support, positive parent-child relationship, and emotional self-regulation
What is protective factor?
This term means "survival against the odds."
What is resilience?
Social workers should recognize the possibility of this disorder being delayed or reactivated in midlife clients, particularly veterans.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Changes in this system as you age include decreases in bone mass and density and osteoporosis
What is skeletal?
Most common assisted reproductive technology where a drug causes ovaries to produce multiple eggs
What is in vitro fertilization?
Beginning at age two, this type of play is also known as fantasy play, pretend play, or imaginary play.
What is symbolic play?
95% of American teenagers own or have access to one of these.
What is a smartphone?
Arnett coined this term referring to the developmental phase distinct from both adolescence and young adulthood
What is emerging adulthood?
Term defined as "the incidence of disease and illness in a population group"
What is morbidity?
A baby born before 28 weeks gestation is known as this
What is extremely preterm?
What is Initiative versus Guilt?
Term denoting the time when teens develop an identity that is unique and separate.
What is individuation?
Erikson term that refers to the ability to transcend personal interests in order to provide care and concern for younger and older generations
What is generativity?
Defined as the degree of economic burden placed on the working-age population by the nonworking population
What is dependency ratio?
Extraction of amniotic fluid for analysis through the insertion of a needle during the second trimester
What is amniocentesis?
Form of malnutrition where one is short for his/her age
What is stunting?
Theorist who held that evaluation should consist of comprehensive assessments of eight diverse areas (critical intelligences) of performance.
Who is Gardner?
This approach views the developing person as a storyteller who puts together characters, plots, and themes to develop an evolving story of self.
What is the life narrative approach?
This researcher asked, "“Will the longevity granted to us by modern medicine be a curse or a blessing?”
Who is George Valliant?