A stimulating environment is most likely to facilitate the development of a child’s ______.
What are neural connections.
100
Stage theory that includes the sensorimotor stage was proposed by ________.
What is Jean Piaget.
100
This stage is during is consider the period from conception to roughly 14 days.
What is zygote.
100
A _____________refers to an automatic response, such as an infant’s rooting response.
What is reflex.
100
Zach has difficulty understanding whether a friend's pouting facial expression signals sadness or affection. Zach's difficulty would be especially common for those with
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder.
200
One of the 3 developmental issues is the issue between whether changes are continual or this
What is abrupt?
200
The sensorimotor stage occurs from roughly birth to
What is 2 years.
200
These are harmful substances that can cause birth defects.
What are teratogens.
200
The biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experience is also known as this.
What is maturation.
200
Accomodation and assimilation are both associated with these mental containers.
What are schemas.
300
Developmental psychology is also concerned with whether characteristics such as temperament are ________ over the lifespan
What is stable.
300
This stage follows the sensorimotor stage and includes the child learning theory of mind.
What is the preoperational stage.
300
Noticeable facial and cognitive abnormalities are most likely to be associated with severe cases of
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
300
The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as this.
What is object permanence.
300
This is the process where we incorporate new information into an existing schema.
What is assimilation.
400
Exceptionally timid and cautious infants tend to become shy and unassertive adolescents. This best illustrates the long-term stability of
What is temperament.
400
Piaget felt that child progresses in _______.
What is stages.
400
This organ transfers nutrients and oxygen from mother to embryo.
What is placenta.
400
Harlow’s studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that body contact promotes infant ______.
What is attachment.
400
This refers to the process of modifying an existing schema to incorporate new information.
What is accomodation.
500
Unused neural connections in the brain are reduced through a process of
What is pruning?
500
The test to determine if someone is in this stage includes hiding a toy under a blanket to test for object permanence.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
500
This is the longest stage of pregnancy.
What is fetal.
500
Three-month old Andrew was obviously startled by the first ring of the telephone, but with each subsequent ring he seemed to become less reactive. This best illustrates the process of
What is habituation.
500
This researcher suggested that new words provide a temporary scaffold from which children can step to higher levels of thinking