Research & Foundations
Brain’s malleability or openness to change in response to experience.
Plasticity
This is the number of chromosomes typically found in a human cell.
46 (or 23 pairs)
Principle that growth proceeds from the head downward.
Cephalocaudal
Adult age group that experiences the highest rate of Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
18-29 years (young adulthood).
Sidenote: higher in adolescence than earlier childhood.
This type of data involves watching and recording behavior in a natural or controlled setting.
Observational data
This term refers to the way a person’s genes are expressed, such as having red hair or a genetic disorder.
Phenotype
Highly reactive and corrosive molecules that increase the likelihood of many age-related diseases.
Free radicles.
Care for this type of disease usually includes the physician advising and educating, but the patient is responsible for daily management.
Chronic disease
A study that compares different age groups at a single point in time is known as this type of design.
Cross-sectional design
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
This leads to a child's phenotype being a blend of both parents' traits, rather than just the dominant trait.
Incomplete dominance
Food deserts meet these two criteria.
Low income & low access
Term for abuse, neglect, or household disfunction while growing up.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
This debate centers on whether development is gradual and continuous or occurs in distinct stages.
Continuous vs. discontinuous
An environmental factor that causes damage to prenatal development.
Teratogen - Examples include alcohol (fetal alcohol syndrome), nicotine (low birth weight), and certain medications (birth defects).
Term for a girls first period, and the term for the trend of puberty beginning earlier over generations.
Menarche – Age range: 10-16; Secular trend.
Differences in the prevalence of diabetes between racial groups and between income brackets are an example of ________________.
Health disparities (or social disparities, or social determinants of health)
____ gene-environment involves a child seeking out experiences based on their genes, while _____ gene-environment describes when parents provide environments that match their own and the child’s genetic predisposition
Active; passive
Colorblindness, Fragile X syndrome, and hemophelia are examples of this class of disorders.
X-Linked Disorders
_____ is pathology related acceleration (effects of environment & disease), ________ is the innate maturational process.
Secondary; primary aging
The three C’s of Hardiness
Control, Commitment, Challenge