Reflexes
Temperament
Growth of the Body
APGAR
Becoming Self Aware
100
Babinski reflex
What is the reflex when infants’ feet are stroked, their toes fan upward?
100
Temperament
What is a consistent style or pattern of behavior seen in infants and believed to be biologically based?
100
Malnourished
What is being small for one's age because of inadequate nutrition?
100
APGAR Score
What is a quick, approximate assessment of the newborn's status by focusing on the body systems needed to sustain life?
100
Rouge Test
What is the name of the test for self-awareness when the mother or researcher secretly puts rouge on the baby's face and watches to see what happens when the baby looks in a mirror?
200
Stepping reflex
What is the reflex when infants are held upright with their feet touching a flat surface, they move their legs as if to walk?
200
Surgency/Extroversion
What is the extent to which a child is generally happy, active, vocal, and regularly seeks interesting stimulation?
200
Myelin
What is the fatty sheath that wraps around neurons and enables them to transmit information more rapidly?
200
5
What is the number of body systems evaluated in an APGAR score?
200
18 - 24 months
What is the age at which self-awareness develops?
300
Palmar reflex
What is the reflex when something touches infants’ palms, they grip it tightly?
300
Effortful Control
What is the extent to which a child can focus attention, is not readily distracted, and can inhibit responses?
300
Synaptic Pruning
What is the gradual reduction in the number of synapses, beginning in infancy and continuing until early adolescence?
300
0, 1, or 2
What are the three possible scores for each body systems observed in an APGAR score?
300
Theory of Mind
What is one's ideas about connections between thoughts, beliefs, intentions, and behavior that create an intuitive understanding of the link between mind and behavior?
400
Rooting reflex
What is the reflex when the baby turns her head when her cheek is touched or stroked?
400
Negative Affect
What is the extent to which a child is angry, fearful, frustrated, shy, and not easily soothed?
400
Frontal Cortex
What is the brain region that regulates personality and goal-directed behavior?
400
7
What is the minimum score needed to determine the baby is in good condition based on an APGAR score?
400
Ages 2-5
What is the age at which children develop theory of mind?
500
Moro reflex
What is the reflex when someone startles them, perhaps by banging on the table they are lying on, infants fling their arms outward and then bring them together on their chests, as if to hold on to something, while crying with wide-open eyes?
500
Stability of temperament
What is the idea that temperament is somewhat stable from infancy through adulthood?
500
7 pounds
What is the average weight of a newborn?
500
3 or less
What is the APGAR score that indicates the baby is in a life-threatening situation and needs emergency medical care?
500
Autism
What is the developmental disorder in which Theory of Mind is absent or difficult for children?
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