These are rodlike structures that reside in the nucleus of every cell of the body & contain genes that guide growth and development.
What is chromosomes?
100
Age period for infancy.
What is birth-2 years?
100
Age group that is associated with the physical development that includes increased motor skills such as running, skipping, throwing a ball, and using scissors.
What is early childhood, 2-6 years?
100
Age group at which you would see cognitive development such as emerging capacity to think and reason about abstract ideas.
What is early adolescents, 10-14 years?
100
Term for condition in which a person weighs at least 20% more than his or her optimal weight for good health.
What is obesity?
200
Cell formed when a male sperm joins with a female ovum.
What is a zygote?
200
Age period that includes rolling over, sitting, crawling, standing and walking.
What is infancy?
200
Term for large movements of the body that permit locomotion through and within the environment.
What is gross motor skills?
200
Rapid increase in height and weight during puberty.
What is growth spurt?
200
Often associated with child delinquency.
What is father involvement or un-involvement?
300
The process of cell division and reproduction by which gametes are formed.
What is meiosis?
300
The capacity to develop in ways shaped by experience with the environment.
What is plasticity?
300
A myth that claims this period of development and learning to be the most important.
What is birth to age 3?
300
Physiological changes that occur during adolescence and lead to reproductive maturation.
What is puberty?
300
Two leading causes of death in adolescents.
What is car accidents & homicide?
400
People with Down Syndrome who live into adulthood are likely to experience this?
What is early onset of Alzheimer's Disease?
400
Kind of baby talk that is sometimes called motherese.
What is infant-directed talk or IDT?
400
A dramatic pitch change in part of a word, with the tone of the voice raising or falling, to indicate different meanings for the same basic sounds.
What is intonation?
400
First menstrual period in a adolescent female.
What is menarche?
400
According to Erikson, this stage of development occurs during adolescence.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
500
Babies display this in response to stress during the birthing process?
What is paralysis reflex?
500
A universal process in brain development whereby many new synapses appear in the first few years of life.
What is synaptogenesis?
500
Term for inside-outside ordering of motor skills and physical development.
What is proximodistal trend?
500
Karate training claims to improve these 2 aspects.
What is self-control and academic success?
500
Age at which girls enter puberty & age at which boys enter puberty.