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germinal stage.

The two-week period after conception

zygote

Conception occurs when a sperm cell combines with an egg cell to form a...

placenta

One key feature of the germinal stage is the formation of a tissue called....

embryonic stage

.....stage lasts from the end of the germinal stage to two months after conception

embryo

In this stage, all the major organs form, and the embryo becomes very fragile. The biggest dangers are teratogens, which are agents such as viruses, drugs, or radiation that can cause deformities in an embryo or fetus

Fetal stage

The last stage of prenatal development is the...... stage, which lasts from two months after conception until birth. About one month into this stage, the sex organs of the fetus begin to form. The fetus quickly grows as bones and muscles form, and it begins to move inside the uterus. Organ systems develop further and start to function. During the last three months, the brain increases rapidly in size, an insulating layer of fat forms under the skin, and the respiratory and digestive systems start to work independently.

Key autistic characteristic

Unresponsive to others

Anxiety

Moderate anxiety is good

Formal operations

According to Jean Piaget cognitive development begins with?

Verbal stimulation

Social class differences in vocabulary development result from the social class differences in the amount of?

Longitudinal study

....... is an observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time

Cross-sectional research

a type of observational study that analyzes data collected from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time

Central Concept of sensitive period

Particular experiences are especially influential at a certain time and development

Id (SF)

The id, the most primitive of the three structures, is concerned with instant gratification of basic physical needs and urges. It operates entirely unconsciously.

Superego (SF)

The superego isnconcernt with social rules and morals similar to what many people call their "conscience" or their "moral compass." It develops as a child learns what their culture considers right and wrong.

Ego (SF)

In contrast to the instinctual ID and the moral super-ego the ego is the rational pragmatic part of our personality it is less primitive than the ID and is partly conscious and partly unconscious it's what freud considered to be the self and its job is to balance the demands of the ID and superego in the practical context of reality.

Susan carey

Fast mapping

Identity moratorium

Identity moratorium is the status of individuals who are in the midst of a crisis whose commitments are either absent or are only vaguely defined but who are actively exploring alternatives.

Babinski

a reflex action in which the big toe remains extended or extends itself when the sole of the foot is stimulated, abnormal except in young infants.


Rooting

, who automatically turn the face toward the stimulus and make sucking (rooting) motions with the mouth when the cheek or lip is touched. The reflex helps to ensure successful breastfeeding.

A palmar grasp

When an object is placed in the infant's hand and strokes their palm, the fingers will close and they will grasp it with

Stepping

When the soles of their feet touch a flat surface they will attempt to walk by placing one foot in front of the other.

Object permanence

What type of problem should a 4 year old and A 7 year old perform most similarly

A sex-linked recessive trait

Red green color blindness is best described as

Piaget

Bf skinner

Lawence Kohlburg

Erik erikson

Irritable distress

What dimension of infant temperament has the strongest positive correlation with antisocial Behavior later in life

Lexical contrast

When hearing a new word, children tends to. look for an object that they do not have a name for. ¨Mu

Fast mapping

In accounting for the rapid expansion of child early vocabulary Susan Carey argue that a major role must be played by the child's own active cognitive processing. Adult simply cannot teach your child exactly what referent every word picks out. Carrie coined which of the following terms to denote this concept

Identity moratorium

– the status in which the adolescent is currently in a crisis, exploring various commitments and is ready to make choices, but has not made a commitment to these choices yet.

Identity

Zone of proximal development

, is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she cannot do. The concept was introduced, but not fully developed, by psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934) during the last ten years of his life.

2 years

Females generally mature how many years earlier than males do

Proximodistal trend

L is the tendency for more general functions of limbs to develop before more specific or fine motor skills.

Intermodal perception

perception of an object or event that makes information available to two or more sensory systems simultaneously. Most objects and events are multimodal in that they can be experienced through multiple sense modalities.

Common movement

Which of the following cues is most useful to an infant in determining which of the elements go together to form a coherent object

Constructive then pretense / symbolic then cooperative

What are the types of play from least cognitively mature to most cognitively mature

Animism

the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.


Egocentrism

is the inability to differentiate between self and other. ... Although egocentrism and narcissism appear similar, they are not the same. A person who is egocentric believes they are the center of attention, like a narcissist, but does not receive gratification by one's own admiration.