Developmental Theory
Research Methods and Ethics
Bio Foundations & Prenatal Development
Physical & Cognitive Development
Socio-emotional Development
100
The 3 primary domains of development across the life span are: cognitive, socio-emotional and __________.
What is Physical?
100
Patrece is studying smoking behavior among a group of 20-year-olds repeatedly over the course of 40 years. She is using a _______ research design.
What is longitudinal
100
This is an individual's collection of genes.
What is genotype?
100
Billy is crawling and learning how to walk. She is practicing her ______ skills.
What are gross motor skills?
100
This is Mary Ainsworth's experiment that was used as a way to categorize attachment styles. The experiment included a series of episodes during which mother and child were observed playing together, then separated, and finally reunited.
What is the Strange Situation?
200
Susie is a 9 month old infant. If Susie's parents consistently respond to her cries, a foundation of trust will be established. Therefore, Susie is in the Trust Vs. Mistrust stage, according to THIS THEORIST.
Who is Erik Erikson?
200
This board oversees all research involving human subjects.
What is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
200
This is the process by which cells create an exact copy of themselves, including all 23 pairs of chromosomes.
What is mitosis?
200
Tommy, a young infant, is giggling as his mother jingles her keys in front of him. Then his mother, blatantly puts the keys behind her back. Tommy does not search for the keys and thinks they have disappeared forever! This is because Tommy currently lacks...
What is object permanence?
200
Brian wants to pet the cute, but large, husky coming towards him. He is a little nervous, and so before he extends his hand to his mom, he looks back at his mother to see what emotions her face is displaying. This is an example of...
What is social referencing?
300
According to Piaget, add information to existing SCHEMAS through this process.
What is assimilation
300
Jordan, a researcher, used deception in his social psychology study. Once the participants finished the experiment, they left the lab with no information about the study and Jordan never spoke with them again. What important step did Jordan miss?
What is debriefing?
300
This is an environmental agent (e.g., alcohol, drugs, caffeine) that can adversely affect prenatal development.
What is teratogen?
300
This pattern is the tendency for growth and development to occur from the inside of the body outward.
What is proximodistal growth?
300
Jenny adapts easily to new experiences and is typically quite cheerful. She usually has a regular pattern of both eating and sleeping. She would be categorized as having a ______ temperament.
What is easy?
400
According to Bronfenbrenner, the different contexts/systems have a ________ effect in a child's life, meaning that the environment influences the child, but the child also simultaneously influence his/her environment..
What is bidirectional?
400
Connor wants to study children in real-world settings, and so he went to the Eliot-Pearson Children's School and watched children during their recess time and took notes. Connor is conducting ______.
What is naturalistic observation?
400
Lily just gave birth to her baby, Joshua. Right away, doctors will come in and assess Joshua's health by evaluating his appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration. They will be using what test?
What is the APGAR scale?
400
This is the name for infants' repeated creation of meaningless sounds that typically consist of one syllable.
What is babbling?
400
This is a set of beliefs and expectations about attachment relationships based on the infant's experience of sensitive or insensitive caregiving.
What is Internal Working Model
500
This theorist asserted the psychosexual stages of development, and believed that most of the mind is unconscious (a hidden reservoir of conflicts, urges, and longings that do not usually reach our conscious awareness).
Who is Freud?
500
Ryan is 10 years old and Phil is 60 years old. It would be difficult to directly compare their cognitive abilities in childhood because ______ may have caused them to have different experiences, such as Ryan getting better schooling and nutrition.
What are cohort effects?
500
This is the normal gestational age for a human.
What is 37+ weeks.
500
This is the language that an infant understands, but may not be able to produce.
What is receptive language?
500
Children who become angry with their caregiver when reunited during the Strange Situation typically have _____ attachment.
What is insecure-resistant?
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