HDFS 229--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS FOR EXAM #1--CHAPTERS 1-5 

FOR SANTROCK (1996)

CHAPTER 1

sociocultural contexts
philosophical views of children
social policy
developmental processes
  types
  controversies

CHAPTER 2

theories/hypotheses/experiments
psychoanalytic theories
cognitive theories
learning theories
ethological theories
ecological theory of development
eclectic orientation
measures of behavior
cross-cultural research
correlations vs. experiments
research designs (cross-sectional, etc.)
ethics

CHAPTER 3

evolution and behavior
genetics
fertilization techniques
disorders
prenatal tests
principles of genetics
  genes
  genotype/phenotype
  behavior geneticists
types of genotype-environment interactions
shared/nonshared environments
genotype/environment theory

CHAPTER 4

prenatal period
  developments
  teratogens
  other factors
birth
  complications of delivery
  c-sections
  trends in childbirth
preterm/low-birthweight infants
APGAR test
Brazelton NBAS
postpartal period

CHAPTER 5

reflexes
motor development
brain development
infant states
SIDS
nutrition
infant senses