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Zygote |
A fertilized egg that contains chromosomes from both a sperm and an egg. |
Th beginning of the prenatal process |
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Germinal Stage |
The 2 week period of prenatal development that begins at conception. |
Germination is the first stage plants go through. |
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Embryonic Stage |
The period of prenatal development that lasts from the second week until about the eighth week. |
Yucky baby boy! |
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Fetal Stage |
The period of prenatal development that lasts from the ninth week until birth. |
Wrinkly baby boy! |
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What is myelination and when does it start? |
The formation of a fatty sheath around the axons of a neuron starts in the fetal stage. |
Sausage links for sausage baby's! |
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Teratogens |
Any substances that pass from mother to unborn child and impair development. |
Ex. Alcohol, Mercury, lead, paint dust, tobacco |
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) |
A developmental disorder that stems from heavy alcohol use by the mother during pregnancy. |
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Infancy |
The stage of development that begins at birth and lasts between 18 and 24 months. |
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Motor Development |
The emergence of the ability to execute physical action. |
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Motor Reflexes |
Specific motor responses that are triggered by specific patterns of sensory stimulation. |
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Cephalocaudal Rule |
The "top to bottom" rule that describes the tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet. |
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Proximodistal Rule |
The "inside to outside" rule that describes the tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the centre to the periphery. |
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Cognitive Development |
The process by which infants and children gain the ability to think and understand. |
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What are Piaget's four cognitive development stages and in what order do they appear? |
1. Sensorimotor onal 3. Concrete Operational 2. Preoperational3. Concrete Operational4. Formal Operational 4. Formal Operational |
SPCOFO Some People Can't Open Fancy Oreos |
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Sensorimotor Stage |
A stage of cognitive development that begins at birth and lasts through infancy, during which infants acquire information about the world by sensing it and moving around within it. |
Piaget's first stage! |
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Schemas |
Theories about the way the world works. |
A scheme is like a plan. |
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Assimilation |
The process by which infants apply their schemas in novel situations. |
Apply |
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Accommodation |
The process by which infants revise their schemas in light of new information. |
Revise |
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Object Permanance |
The fact that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible. |
Peek-A-Boo |
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Childhood |
The stage of development that begins at about 18 to 24 months and lasts until adolescence, which begins between 11 and 14 years. |
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Preoperational Stage |
The stage of cognitive development that begins at about 2 years and ends at about 6 years, during which children learn how various operations can affect or transform concrete objects. |
Operations of Concrete objects |
