Big Picture
What term captures a groups customs, beliefs, values.
culture
A major criticism of Freud's psychosexual theory is over emphasis on ________.
sexuality
Any type of research that attempts to gather information that can be measured is referred to as _____ research.
quantitative
This is an estimate of the extent to which genes are responsible for individual differences.
heritability
The cell division that happens in those first two weeks after conception is referred to as the _____.
blastocyst.
Countries expecting the greatest increase in population in the coming decades are often referred to as __________ countries.
developing
Since the 60's and 70's there have been major economic and social changes. As a result a new stage of development has been coined _____ _____.
emerging adulthood
In this type of research one would move into a community and spend time to gather data. This type of research is called ________.
ethnographic
The number is often part of exploring heritability and indicates the degree of similarity in phenotype of family members.
concordance rate
Down Syndrome is the result of _____ ____ that occur most often as mother's age.
genetic errors
Phylogenetic development refers to the study of individual development. What concept refers to the broader study of human development from an evolutionary perspective.
ontogenetic
Name the psychologist who developed a stage theory psychosocial development that covers the whole lifespan.
Eric Erikson
What is the measurement that correlational research is designed to gather.
relationships
The study of the roles of nature versus nurture and their bidirectional interactions is called_____.
epigenetics
Any kind of toxin that can negatively impact prenatal development is called a _______.
teratogen
Survival of the fittest involves the process called _____ _____.
natural selection
This theory defines 5 systems that impact our development. Family and friends as well as the school you attended, neighborhood you grew up in, even the country and government policies are considered. This theorist name is Urie Bronfenbrenner and the name of this theory is _________.
ecological
Two key types of research are prevalent in developmental research and are designed to explore development over time or across ages. They are ______ and ______ research.
cross-sectional, longitudinal
There are 3 types of genotype to environmental effects. Name all three.
passive, evocative, and active
Name 3 of the most common techniques for testing for normal development.
ultrasound, amniocentesis and CVS (chorionic villus sampling)
During the upper paleolithic period humans began to domesticate dogs and use them for hunting. During the next major period referred to as the neolithic period more animals were domesticated for food and humans learned how to ______ ______.
grow crops
What age range does Sigmund Freud believe to be the primary factor in personality development?
birth - 6 years
Which type of research is vulnerable to what we call cohort effects.
cross-sectional
Our genetic makeup is referred to as our genotype. Our actual characteristics that appear is called our _____.
phenotype
Name two types of assisted reproductive technologies.
artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization