Life Span Development
The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span
What is development
Thread-like structures made up of DNA
What are chromosomes
is a brain neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that provides stimulation for rapid physical changes
What is puberty?
an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation
what is anorexia nervosa
These skills involve finely tuned movements such as buttoning a shirt or drawing
What are fine motor skills
Biological development, cognitive development, and socioemotional development are all in intertwined in to ______ development
What is lifespan development
This principle is when a gene overrides the potential influence of the other gene
powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and are carried through the body by the bloodstream
What are hormones?
Name 2 types of interventions to help overweight adolescences?
What is calorie reduction, exercise, reduction of sedentary activity, weight loss diary
These skills involve large muscle activities such as throwing and walking
What are Gross Motor skills
This issue of development refers to an organism's biological inheritance vs. environmental experience
What is nature vs nuture?
Down Syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome and Turner syndrome are examples of
What is a chromosomal abnormality?
this system is the seat of emotions and where rewards are experienced much earlier than the prefrontal cortex and is almost completely developed by early adolescence
What is the limbic system?
One of the most serious but preventable health problems for adolescence
What is cigarette smoking?
What is H.E.A.R and why was it founded
What is Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers
Founded by rockers whose hearing has been damaged by loud music.
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational and Formal Operational stages are the four stages of ______ that are known by this theorist_____
What is Cognitive Development and Jean Piaget
an agent that can potentially cause a birth defect or negatively alter cognitive and behavioral outcomes
Can you name two examples
drugs, incompatible blood types, environmental pollutants
type of skills necessary to inhibit risk-taking that often don't develop fully until later in adolescence or early adulthood
What is self regulatory skills
Example of what can play an important role in preventing drug and cigarette abuse in adolescence. Name two
What is development, parents, peers and educational success
What is Accommodation of the Eye
A research study in the which the same individuals are studied over a period of time, usually over several years is called
What is a Longitudinal Approach
a cluster of abnormalities and problems that appear in the offspring of mothers who drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy
What is FASD-Fetal alcohol syndrome
Name 3 reasons why adolescents do not get enough sleep?
electronic media
early school times
caffeine
Name 3 positive outcomes of physical exercise in adolescence
What is better connectivity between brain regions, lower blood pressure, lower incidence of type II diabetes, improved sleep patterns
_____occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors and ______is the interpretation of what is sensed
What is Sensation and Perception