Prenatal Development
The three main stages of prenatal development.
What are the germinal, embryonic, and fetal stages?
The age at which most infants start to smile socially.
What is around 6-8 weeks?
A basic need caregivers must provide to support infant health.
What is food, shelter, warmth, or safety?
The recommended primary source of nutrition for infants.
What is breast milk or formula?
The theorist known for the stages of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The stage that is the most critical for the development of major organs.
What is the embryonic stage?
One major gross motor skill developed in the first year.
What is crawling?
A technique for soothing a crying infant.
What is rocking, swaddling, or using white noise?
A benefit of breastfeeding for infants.
What is improved immunity or bonding with the mother?
The "sensorimotor stage" in Piaget’s theory.
What is the stage from birth to 2 years where infants learn through sensory experiences and motor actions?
An environmental factor that can negatively affect fetal development.
What is smoking, alcohol, or poor nutrition?
The typical progression of language development in the first year.
What is cooing, then babbling, followed by first words?
The concept of "responsive caregiving."
What is responding promptly and appropriately to an infant’s needs?
How solid foods are introduced to an infant's diet.
What is gradually, starting with single-ingredient foods like pureed vegetables or cereals around 6 months?
Erikson’s stage for infancy and what it focuses on.
What is "Trust vs. Mistrust," focusing on developing trust when caregivers provide reliability, care, and affection?
The role of the placenta during pregnancy.
What is providing oxygen and nutrients to the fetus and removing waste?
The concept of object permanence and when babies typically develop it.
What is the understanding that objects still exist even when out of sight, typically developing around 8-12 months?
The impact of neglect on an infant's development.
What is it that can lead to emotional and developmental delays, affecting trust and attachment?
The role nutrition plays in brain development during infancy.
What is that essential nutrients, like fats and proteins, support cognitive growth and development?
A key concept from Vygotsky’s theory that applies to child development.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
How genetics and environment interact during prenatal development.
What is that genetics provide a blueprint for development, while environmental factors can influence or alter that development?
The significance of the "attachment bond" and how it develops in infants.
What is that it forms through consistent and responsive caregiving, which provides a foundation for trust and emotional security?
Why a safe and stimulating environment is important for an infant.
What is to support exploration, learning, and healthy development?
A health risk associated with poor nutrition in infancy.
What is developmental delays, weakened immune system, or growth stunting?
How Bowlby’s attachment theory applies to infant development.
What is that a secure attachment with a primary caregiver helps provide a foundation for future social and emotional development?