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Prenatal Development- Fertilization
Fertilization is the process by which a sperm and an ovum-the male and female gametes- join to create a single-celled zygote.
This process takes about 24 hours and it only takes one sperm to fertilize an ovum, and each sperm and ovum contains all the genetic data necessary to produce a new human. Picture- www.webmd.com -
Prenatal Development- Germinal Stage
The germinal stage is the first and shortest stage of the prenatal period. This is when the zygote begins to divide and grow in complexity during the first two weeks following conception. During the germinal stage, the fertilized egg travels toward the uterus, where it becomes implanted in the uterus's wall. Picture- faculty.tcc.fl.edu -
Prenatal Development- Embryonic Stage
The embryonic stage is the period from two to eight weeks following ferilization. This stage highlights the development of major organs and basic anatomy. The developing child has three distinct layers, each of which will ultimately form a different set of structures as development proceeds. The three layers are called the ectodern, endoderm, and mesoderm. Picture- www.sciencedirect.com -
Prenatal Development- Fetal Stage
The fetal stage starts at about eight weeks after conception and continues until birth. The fetal stage formally starts when the differentiation of major organs has occurred. The developing fetus will undergo rapid change during the fetal stage. For example, at two months, one half of the fetus is what will ultimately be its head. Picture- www.fetalfacts.net -
Infancy- SIDS
SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is a disorder in which seemingly healthy infants die in their sleep. SIDS touches about 1 in 1,000 infants in the United States eacher year. It seems to happen when normal patterns of breathing during sleep are interrupted. Picture-www.sheknows.com -
Infancy- Bayley Scales of Infant Development
The Bayley Scales of Infant Development evaluates an infant's development from two to forty two months. The Bayley Scales focus on two areas which are mental and motor abilities. The mental scale focuses on the senses, perception, memory, learning, problem solving, and language, while also evaluating fine and gross motor skills. Picture-www.psychometrics.cam.ac.uk -
Infancy- Rhythms and states
Behavior becomes intergrated through the development of various rhythms, which are repetitive, cyclical patterns of behavior. Some rhythms are immediately obvious, such as the change from wakefulness to sleep. Others are more subtle, such as breathing and sucking patterns. State is one of the major body rhythms for infants, this is the degree of awareness it displays to
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Infancy- Infant-directed speech
Infant-directed speech is a type of speech directed towards infants, characterized by short and simple sentences. This type of speech pattern used to be called motherese because it only applied to mothers. When using infant-directed speech, your pitch becomes higher, the range of frequencies increases, and intonation is more varied. Picture-www.webmd.com -
Toddler- Social referencing
Social referencing is the intentional search for information about others' feelings to help understand the meaning of uncertain circumstances and events. Toddlers use social referencing by seeing if their mother will smile at a certain behavior or toy. Picture-www.corbisimages.com -
Toddler- Attachment
Attachment is the positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual. When a child experiences attachment to give to a person, they will feel pleasure when they are with them and will feel comforted by their presence at times of distress. Picture-thegoodthebadandthemoney.blogspot.com -
Toddler-Secure attachment pattern
Secure attachment pattern is a style of attachment where a child uses their mother as a kind of home base and are at ease when she is present; when she leaves, the child becomes upset and will go back to their mother as soon as she returns. Picture-www.livescience.com -
Toddler-Erikson's Theoy of Psychosocial Development
Erikson's Theoy of Psychosocial Development considers how individuals come to understand themselves and the meaning of others and their own behavios (Erikson 1963). This thoery suggests that developmental change occurs throughout people's lives in eight different stages. The first stage occurs during infancy. Picture- www.psychologynoteshq.com -
Early Years- Scaffolding
Scaffolding suports learning and problem solving that encourages independence and growth. It also help children think about and frame a task in an appropriate manner. Picture- www.ehow.com -
Early Years- Autobiographical memory
A memory of particular events from one's own life. Accuracy in memory increases gradually and slowly throughtout preschool years. Picture- ameliawonderland.com -
Early years- Egocentric thought
Egocentric thought is thinking that does not take into account the viewpoints of others. Preschools do not understand that others have different perspective from their own. Picture-www.ldsphonecounseling.com -
Early years- Intuitive thought
Intuitive thought refers to preschoolers' use of primitive reasoning and their avid acquisition of knowledge about the world. Ages for to seven childrens curiosity blossoms. Picture- www.inspirationalexaminer.com -
Mainstreaming- Middle Childhood
Mainstreaming is an educational approach in which exceptional children are integrated as much as possible into the tradtional educational system and are provided with a broad range of educational alternatives. Picture- www.friendshipcircle.org -
Full inclusion- Middle Childhood
Full inclusion is the integration of all students, even those with the most severe disabilities, into regular classes and all other aspects of school and community life. Picture- walkonthehappyside.blogspot.com -
Decentering- Middle Childhood
Decentering is the ability to take multiple aspects of a situation into account. Picture- www.ehow.com -
Bicultural identity- Middle Childhood
Bicultural identity is the maintenance of one's original cultural identity while becoming integrated into the majority culture. Picture- www.visionmagazine.com -
Adolescence- Metacognition
Metacognition is the knowledge that people have about thier own thinking processes and their ability to monitor their cognition. Picture- academic.pg.cc.md.us -
Adolescence- Coping
Coping is the efforts to control, reduce, or tolerate the threats and challenges that lead to stress. Two successful coping strategies are using problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. Picture- twistynoodle.com -
Adolescence- Realistic period
Realistic perios is the stage in late adolescence and early adulthood during which people explore career options through job experience or training, narrow their choices, and eventually make a commitment to a career. Picture-t eens.drugabuse.gov -
Adolescence - Moratorium
Moratorium is the status of adolescents who may have explored various identity alternatives to some degree, but have not yet committed themselves. Picture- teenink.com
