Chapter 1
Basic Concepts and Methods
Basic Concepts and Methods
The idea that studying children’s development might help scientists understand the development of the human species was proposed by
Charles Darwin
What are the three part's of Freud's view of individual personality?
id, ego, superego
the process by which the basic structures of the embryo’s organs, organ systems, and body parts are completed is called?
Organogenesis
Which of the following terms represents the smooth movement that allows the eyes to follow a moving object?
Tracking
What is the term that Arnold Gesell used to describe genetically programmed sequential patterns of change, such as puberty or menopause?
Maturation
Internal drives and cultural demands are interactions that occur in Erikson's ________ theory
psychosocial
Sandi has begun the labor process. Her physician concludes that the baby is in a breech position, with its feet poised to be delivered first. What course of action is the physician likely to recommend for Sandi?
c-section
Responding to a familiar stimulus as if it were new is described as
dishabituation
Development begins at conception and continues throughout the lifespan describes the current perspective of ____________
Human Development
During classical conditioning, if the sour taste of lemon juice automatically causes your mouth to pucker, the lemon juice is the ________ and the pucker of lips and tongue is the ________.
unconditioned stimulus; unconditioned response
Your brain's ability to change in response to experience is called?
What is Piaget’s first stage of cognitive development?
Sensorimotor
Yes
Children learn best through observation as long as they are consistently rewarded for the same best summarizes which theory of development?
social-cognitive theory
Intense crying is a characteristic of which infantile disease
colic
According to Jean Piaget, ____________________ describe an infant’s simple repetitive actions that are organized around the infant’s own body
primary circular reactions
To describe, explain, predict, and influence development is the goals of what?
Developmental science/psychology
Miguel is expected to clean his room and to empty all the trash in the house. When Miguel forgets his chores, he is grounded. Which of the following principles has been appropriately applied if Miguel remembers to do his chores?
punishment
What is the most common nutritional problem in industrialized societies?
macronutrient malnutrition
When a child looks for an object in the place where it was last seen and gives up if it is not there, what aspect of logic is being demonstrated?
The A-not-B error