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Chapter 1 Test | ECE 0103 - Human Growth & Development I, Quizzes of Childhood Development

Beginings Class: ECE 0103 - Human Growth & Development I; Subject: Early Childhood Care & Ed; University: Gwinnett Technical College; Term: Fall 2009;

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Louise Brown
DEFINITION 1
Louise Joy Brown (born July 25, 1978, in Oldham, Greater
Manchester, England) is the world's first baby to be
conceived by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
TERM 2
Lifespan Development
DEFINITION 2
Field of Study that examines patterns of growth, change, and
stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan
TERM 3
Cohort
DEFINITION 3
Group of people born around the same time
TERM 4
Continous Change
DEFINITION 4
gradual development, in which achievement at one level
builds on those of provious levels
TERM 5
Discontinuous Change
DEFINITION 5
development that occurs in distinct steps or stages, with
each stage bringing about behavios that is assumed to be
qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages
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Louise Brown

Louise Joy Brown (born July 25, 1978, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England) is the world's first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. TERM 2

Lifespan Development

DEFINITION 2 Field of Study that examines patterns of growth, change, and stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire lifespan TERM 3

Cohort

DEFINITION 3 Group of people born around the same time TERM 4

Continous Change

DEFINITION 4 gradual development, in which achievement at one level builds on those of provious levels TERM 5

Discontinuous Change

DEFINITION 5 development that occurs in distinct steps or stages, with each stage bringing about behavios that is assumed to be qualitatively different from behavior at earlier stages

Critical

Period

specific time during development when a particulat event had it's greatest consequences and the presence of certain kinds of environmental stimuli are necassary for development to proceed normally TERM 7

Sensitive Periods

DEFINITION 7 a point in development when organisms are particularly suceptible to certain kinds of stimuli in the environments, but the absence of those stimuli does not always produce irreversible consequences TERM 8

maturation

DEFINITION 8 Predetermined unfolding of genetic information TERM 9

theories

DEFINITION 9 explanations and predictions concerning phenomina of interest, providing a fromework for understnading the relationships among an organized set of facts of principles TERM 10

psychodynamic perspective

DEFINITION 10 approach that states behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally beyond peoples awareness and control

operant conditioning

form of learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or negative but its association TERM 17

behavior modifictaion

DEFINITION 17 formal techniques for promoting behavior and decreasing incidence of unwanted ones TERM 18

social cognitive learning theories

DEFINITION 18 learning by observing the behavior of another person called a model TERM 19

cognitive perspective

DEFINITION 19 approach that focuses on the processes that allow people to know, understand, and think about the world TERM 20

Information processing approach

DEFINITION 20 modle that seeks to identify ways individuals take in, use, and store information alternative to piaget

cognitive neuroscience approaches

behavior approach that examines cognitive development through the lens of brain processes TERM 22

humanistic perspective

DEFINITION 22 theory contending that people have a natural capacity to make decisions about their lives and control their behavior TERM 23

contexual persoective

DEFINITION 23 theory that considers relationship between indeviduals and their physical, cognitive, personaloty, and social worlds TERM 24

bioecological approach

DEFINITION 24 perspective suggesting that different levels of the environment simultaneously influence individuals TERM 25

sociocultural theory

DEFINITION 25 approach that emphasizes how cognitice development proceeds as a result of social interactions between embers of a culture

experimantal research

research designed to discover casual relationships between various factors TERM 32

naturalistic observation

DEFINITION 32 a type of correlational study in which come naturally occurring behavior is observed without intervention in the situation TERM 33

case studies

DEFINITION 33 studies that involve extensive indepth interviews with a particular individual or small group of individuals TERM 34

survey research

DEFINITION 34 type of study where a group of people chosen to represent some larger population are asked questions about their attitudes, behavior, or thinking on a given topic TERM 35

psychophysiological methods

DEFINITION 35 research that focuses on the relationshop between phsysiological processes and behavior

experiment

a process in which an investigator, called and experomentor, devises twp different experiences for participants TERM 37

independent variable

DEFINITION 37 variable that researchers manipulate in an experiment TERM 38

dependent variable

DEFINITION 38 cariable that researchers measure in an experiment and experct to change as a result of the experimantal manipulation TERM 39

sample

DEFINITION 39 group of participants chosen for the experiment TERM 40

field study

DEFINITION 40 research investigation carried out in naturally occuring setting

sequentional studies

research in which researchers examine a number of defferent age groupd over several points in time