Chapter 1
The study of human growth and development from conception through adolescence
What is Child Development?
An individuals directly observable characteristics
What is a Phenotype?
Conception
Germinal Period
Period of the embryo
Period of the fetus
What are the milestones of Prenatal Development?
Dilation and effacement of the cervix
Delivery of the baby
Birth of the Placenta
What are the stages of childbirth?
Oldest continuing university in the state of Texas
What is Baylor University?
Physical
Cognitive
Social/Emotional
What are the three domains that child development is divided into?
Cell formed when sperm and ovum unite at conception.
It contains 46 chromosomes
What is a Zygote?
Environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period
What are teratogens?
Appearance (coloring)
Pulse (heart rate)
Grimacing, sneezing, and coughing
Activity (muscle tone)
Breathing (respiratory effort)
What is known as the APGAR Scale?
The only mammal that cannot jump?
What is an elephant?
Prenatal: Conception to birth
Infancy and Toddlerhood: Birth to 2 years
Early childhood: 2 to 6 years
Middle Childhood: 6 to 11 years
Adolescence: 11 to 18 years
What are the five periods of development?
Known as dizygotic; the most common of its kind
What are fraternal twins?
Giving and receiving warmth and affection
Providing care and teaching
Being accepted as a responsible and mature member of the community
What are some advantages to having children?
Below expected weight considering the length of pregnancy
May be full-term or pre-term
What is known as Small-for-date infants?
This food never spoils
What is honey?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal operational
What is Piaget's staged of cognitive development theory?
The most common chromosomal abnormality. Also know as trisomy 21
What is Down Syndrome?
From fertilization and formation of the zygote through implantation of the blastocyst into the uterine lining
What is known as the Germinal Period?
20 inches long; 7.5 pounds in weight
What is the average size of a newborn?
This is the oldest known sport
What is wrestling?
The study that observes a subject or subject over an extended period of time. It run for several weeks, months, or years
What is a Longitudinal Study?
Years of education
Prestige of one's job and the skill it requires
Income
What are known as the three things that measure SES?
Delay of marriage and parenthood
Women’s pursuit of careers outside the home
Popular advice to limit family size in the interests of “child-rearing quality”
What are some reasons for the decline of fertility rates?
Of the senses, this is the least developed
What is vision?
There are more of these in the universe, than there are grains of sand on Earth
What are stars?