Identify three new capacities that result from the ability to create mental representations.
Invisible displacement, deferred imitation, & make-believe play
100
The most frequent expression of fear in infancy is what?
Unfamiliar adults
100
What plays a vital role in memory & in images of space that helps us find our way?
Hippocampus
100
The most extensive federal program, that began in 1965, that provides children with a year or two preschool, along with nutritional and health services is called ______________.
Project Head Start
200
Walking, crawling, and sitting up right are examples of?
Gross Motor Skills
200
During Piaget's _________, which spans the first two years of life, infants and toddlers "think" with their eyes, ears, and hands.
sensorimotor
200
Laughter appears around what age?
3-4 Months of age
200
Located in the brain, adjacent to the hippocampus, is the _________, a structure that plays a central role in processing emotional information.
Amygdala
200
Child maltreatment takes what forms?
Physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, & emotional abuse
300
Grasping and scribbling with crayons are examples of, what?
Fine Motor Skills
300
The understanding that objects continue to exist when they are out of sight is called, what?
Object permanence
300
Anger increases when infants become capable of ____________.
Intentional behavior
300
What is at the rear & base of your brain stem that aids balance & control of body movement?
Cerebellium
300
Mastery of gender constancy occurs in what three step sequence?
Twin studies reveal that _______ contributes considerably to _______.
Genetic makeup; body weight.
400
The ability to coordinate schemes deliberately to solve problems is called ________ or ________ , behavior.
Intentional; Goal-directed
400
According to Erikson, adults who have difficulty establishing intimate ties may not have fully mastered the task of ________ and _________ during infancy and toddlerhood.
Trust; Autonomy
400
What is the structure in the brain stem that maintains alertness & consciousness?
Reticular formation
400
The principle of __________ states, that the last number in a counting sequence indicates the quantity of items in the set.
Cardinanty
500
In classical conditioning, a _______ is paired with stimulus that leads to a ________.
Neutral Stimulus; reflexive response
500
According to Piaget's specific psychological structures or organized ways of making sense of experience, called ____________ change with age.
Schemes
500
According to Erikson, when the balance of care is sympathetic and loving, the psychological conflict of the first year _________ versus __________ is resolved on the positive side.
Basic trust versus Mistrust
500
What is a growth disorder that appears between ages 2-15. Typical characteristics include decreased GH secreation, very short stature, immature skeletal age, and serious adjustment problems.
Psychosocial dwarfism
500
A game played by children in India in which they act out a script about a trip to the market, touching one another's elbows and hands as they pretend to cut and share a tasty vegetable is called?