Name that Scientist
This individual is known for the Little Albert experiment.
Who is John B. Watson?
A systematic statement of general principles that provides a framework for understanding how and why people change as they grow older.
What is a developmental theory?
The third stage of prenatal development, which lasts from the 9th week until birth, is marked by significant growth and further development of organs and systems.
What is the fetal stage?
This molecule, composed of a sequence of base pairs, carries the genetic instructions for all living organisms.
What is DNA?
When parents and infants sleep in the same bed together.
What is co-sleeping?
This individual became known for his work on social learning theory and the Bobo doll experiment, which exemplified how children learn aggression through observation.
Who is Albert Bandura?
Development is embedded in a rich and multifaceted cultural context, evident in every social interaction.
During this stage of prenatal development, major organs and structures begin to form, and it spans from the 2nd to the 8th week.
What is the embryonic stage?
Two children who share 100% of their DNA.
What are identical (aka monozygotic) twins?
This term describes the brain's ability to grow and adapt based on experience.
What is plasticity?
This behaviorist is best known for his work with operant conditioning and the creation of radical behaviorism.
Who is B. F. Skinner?
This makes us aware of the impact of early-childhood experiences, remembered or not, on subsequent development. Hidden emotions are explored.
What is psychoanalytic theory?
This stage of prenatal development occurs from conception to 2 weeks, characterized by rapid cell division.
What is the germinal stage?
This is the percentage that makes one human different from another.
What is 1%?
Harmful agents and conditions such as viruses, drugs, and chemicals that can impair prenatal developmental and result in birth defects.
What are teratogens?
This psychoanalyst created a psychosocial development theory emphasizing family and culture, not sexual urges.
Who is Erik Erikson?
These theories interpret human development from a distinct perspective, providing a framework for understanding human emotions, experiences, and actions.
What is a grand theory?
This is the first stage of psychosexual development, where infants experience the conflict of weaning from breastfeeding.
What is the oral stage?
These occur when a zygote has more or fewer than 46 chromosomes.
What are genetic abnormalities?
The ability to grasp objects using the thumb and forefinger, usually developing around 9 months.
What is the pincer grasp?
This theorist believed that cultural and ethic differences greatly influence cognitive development.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
Human behavior is influenced by unconscious drives, emotions, and past experiences, particularly those from childhood, which continues to affect thoughts and actions in adulthood.
What is the basic emphasis of psychodynamic theory.
These four stages are apart of Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
What are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational?
Unlike traits determined by a single gene, these types of traits are influenced by multiple genes and environmental factors, making them difficult to predict.
What are polygenic and multifactorial traits?
The rapid increase in neural connections in infancy is known as this.
What is transient exuberance?