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Uconn HDFS 2100 Exam 1 with Answers, Exams of Human Geography

University of Connecticut (UConn) - StamfordHuman Geography

An exam review or study guide for the hdfs 2100 (human development and family studies) course at the university of connecticut (uconn). It covers a wide range of topics related to child development, including theories of development, research methods, genetic and environmental influences, prenatal development, and newborn capacities. A comprehensive overview of the key concepts and theories covered in the course, with detailed explanations and examples. It could be a valuable resource for students preparing for exams or seeking to deepen their understanding of child development. The level of detail and the breadth of topics covered suggest that this document could be useful as study notes, lecture notes, or a summary for students enrolled in this or a similar child development course at the university level.

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Uconn HDFS 2100 Exam 1 with Answers
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1. Child Development - ✔✔area of study devoted to understanding
constancy and change from conception to adulthood
2. Domains of Development –
✔✔1. Physical
Cognition
Emotional/Social
3. 6 Periods of Development –
✔✔1. Prenatal
2Infancy to toddlerhood
3 Early childhood
4 Middle Childhood
5 Adolescence
6 Emerging Adulthood
4. Theory - ✔✔orderly, integrated ideas based on scientific verification
that guide and give meaning to our observations and provide basis
for practical action
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  1. Child Development - ✔✔area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change from conception to adulthood
  2. Domains of Development –  ✔✔1. Physical  Cognition  Emotional/Social
  3. 6 Periods of Development –  ✔✔1. Prenatal  2 Infancy to toddlerhood  3 Early childhood  4 Middle Childhood  5 Adolescence  6 Emerging Adulthood
  4. Theory - ✔✔orderly, integrated ideas based on scientific verification that guide and give meaning to our observations and provide basis for practical action
  1. Continuous - ✔✔infants respond to world in the same way adults do. Gradually adding more of the same types of skills
  2. Discontinuous - ✔✔children's through, behaviors, emotions considerably different than those of adults. There are new ways of understanding the world. This concept has stages. Change is sudden, not gradual
  3. Theory: One course or Many? - ✔✔Some theorists believe that all children grow up the same, have the same timeline,follow the same sequence. Other theories believe there are unique combinations and grow up in different contexts due to different environmental and personal circumstances Nature and Nurture - ✔✔Genetic and Environmental All theories bring in both perspectives but vary in emphasis of each Stability - ✔✔Early experience might have a life long impact individuals with high or low characteristics Plasticity - ✔✔change is possible, based on experiences. Resilient children

--underestimates child's contributions to their own development---

  1. Piaget: Cognitive Developmental Theory - ✔✔Children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore the world. Adaptation
  2. 4 Stages to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - ✔✔  Sensorimotor Stage= uses senses to explore  Preoperational Stage= evolve into symbolic--language development  Concrete Operational Stage= more organized reasoning- hierarchy  Formal Operational Stage= thoughts become abstract
  3. Limitations to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - ✔✔does not take into consideration to cultural or social backgrounds
  4. Information Processing - ✔✔Human mind as a symbol- manipulating system through which information flows. Studies perception, memory, attention, etc. Information=input, gets coded and processed, forms an output Children are active responders to their environment Development=Continuous
  1. Vygotsky: Sociocultural Theory - ✔✔How culture is transmitted from one generation to the next. A socially mediated process=cognition Emphasis on culture and social experience Neglects biological contributions to development
  2. Bronfenbrenner: Ecological System Theory - ✔✔Child develops with a complex system of relationships affected by environment. Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem An ever-changing system Bidirectional
  3. Systematic Observations - ✔✔Naturalistic and Structured
  4. Systematic: Naturalistic - ✔✔cannot control conditions
  5. in the field/ natural environment
  6. Systematic: Structured - ✔✔Laboratory situation equal chance for all participants But might not act normal
  7. Interviews - ✔✔Clinical and Structure
  1. Genotype - ✔✔complex blend of genetic information influences our unique characteristics
  2. Chromosomes - ✔✔23 matching pairs
  3. DNA - ✔✔substance in which genes and chromosomes are made of
  4. Genes - ✔✔provide variability among humans
  5. Sex Cells - ✔✔=gametes sperm and ovum unite and form a zygote 23rd pair
  6. Gene-Gene Interaction - ✔✔two forms of each gene (allele) occur at same place on chromosome If alleles for both parents are homozygous, the trait will be displayed in child If alleles are heterozygous, the trait will be dominant or recessive
  7. Chromosomal Abnormalities - ✔✔Ex. Down Syndrome most common, cause=non-seperation of the 21st chromosome. Includes-intellectual disability, speech problems, slow motor development, distinct physical features
  1. Reproductive Choices - ✔  Conception  Reproductive Technologies  Adoption  In vitro fertilization  Surrogate Motherhood  Prenatal Diagnosis  Genetic Engineering
  2. Adoption - ✔✔tend to have move learning and emotional problems. most fare well
  3. Environmental Contexts for Development - ✔✔
    1. Family
    2. Direct Influences
    3. Indirect Influences
    4. Adapting to Change
  4. Direct Influences - ✔✔Parents are firm but warm. When child completes what is asks, and is listening to parent. The parent in return will most likely be warm in the future
  5. Indirect Influences - ✔✔Third Parties other family members try to help, help resolve conflict
  1. Hereditability - ✔✔measure the extent to which an individual differences in complex traits in a specific environment due to genetics Cons: exaggerates the role of heredity
  2. Gene-Environment Interaction - ✔✔individuals differ in their environments due to their genetic make-up
  3. Environmental Influences on Gene Expression - ✔✔heredity and environment is bidirectional =epigenetic
  4. Reasons to have Children -
    1. Financial Circumstances
    2. Career Goals
    3. Values
    4. Health Conditions
  5. Periods of Prenatal Development –
    1. Germinal
    2. Embryonic
    3. Fetal
  6. Germinal Period - ✔✔Weeks 1- 2

zygote forms into a blastocyst structures to feed and protect begin to form

  1. Embryonic - ✔✔Weeks 3- 8 CNS, internal organs, muscles, skeleton begin to form heart begins to pump blood external body parts begin to form
  2. Fetal Period - ✔✔Week 9-end of pregnancy 1st Trimester: 9-12 weeks, organs, muscles, CNS becomes more organized, new behavioral capacities 2nd Trimester: 13-24 weeks, fetus enlarges, more movement. 3rd Trimester: 25-38 weeks, size increases, lungs form, continued growth and development of organs
  3. Teratogens - ✔✔prenatal environmental influences
  4. Teratogens: examples -  Drugs  Alcohol  Tobacco  Radiation  Pollution  Infectious disease

Mother from this program= ore contact with the father, less welfare dependance

  1. Preparing for Parenthood - ✔✔New identities as parents look for models of effective parenting parental relationship
  2. Childbirth: 3 Stages - ✔✔1. Dilation and effacement of the cervix
    1. Birth of Baby
    2. Delivery of Placenta
  3. Apgar Scale - ✔✔asses newborns physical condition scores from 0- 2 score of 7 or better= healthy 4 - 6= assistance is needed in establishing breathing, and vitals 3 and below= emergency, danger
  4. Newborn's Capacities: Reflexes - ✔✔inborn, automatic response to a form of stimulation
    1. Eye Blink
    2. Rooting
    3. Sucking
    4. Swimming
    5. Moro
    6. Palmer Grasp
    7. Tonic Neck
    8. Stepping
  1. Babinski
  2. Adaptive Value of Newborn Reflexes - ✔✔Survival motor Development Evoke Interaction with caregiver
  3. Infants State of Arousal: 5 stages -
  4. Regular Sleep (NREM)
  5. Irregular Sleep (REM)
  6. Drowsiness
  7. Quiet alertness
  8. waking activity and crying