Brain Development
This part of the brain, associated with decision-making and impulse control, develops last.
What is the frontal lobe?
This stage is characterized by the development of object permanence
What is the sensorimotor stage?
This term refers to the loss of sensitivity to non-native phonemes as children age.
What is perceptual narrowing?
Substances like alcohol and nicotine, which can harm prenatal development, are called this.
What are teratogens?
This term describes an infant's tendency to look to a caregiver to interpret unfamiliar situations.
What is social referencing?
Synaptic pruning refers to this developmental process.
What is the elimination of unused neural connections?
Egocentrism, animism, and symbolic thought are hallmarks of this stage.
What is the preoperational stage?
The critical period hypothesis suggests this skill must develop early in life.
What is language acquisition?
Newborns lose interest in a stimulus after repeated exposure.
What is habituation?
This emotional trait, characterized by stability across time and situations, is often evident in infancy.
What is temperament?
Myelination helps neurons do this faster.
What is transmit signals?
Children in this stage can think logically about tangible objects and events but struggle with abstract concepts.
What is the concrete operational stage?
This hypothetical brain mechanism helps children acquire and understand language.
What is the language acquisition device?
Reflexes such as the Moro and rooting reflex are considered this type of behavior.
What are automatic responses?
According to Erikson, adolescents face this critical task of development.
What is identity versus role confusion?
This brain region is critical for memory formation and continues maturing into adolescence.
What is the hippocampus?
This term describes the process of modifying existing cognitive schemas to incorporate new information.
What is accommodation?
This term describes the simplified and repetitive speech style adults often use with infants.
What is infant-directed speech?
This prenatal stage includes organ formation and occurs from 3 to 8 weeks after conception.
What is the embryonic stage?
This emotional response develops last, typically after the age of two.
What is guilt?
During adolescence, increased activity in this area contributes to heightened emotional responses.
What is the amygdala?
A child exhibits centration when they fail this test, focusing on one feature while ignoring others.
What is the conservation task?
Combining words into simple sentences, typically seen around age two, is called this stage.
What is telegraphic speech?
The assesses a newborn's health based on five criteria: appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
What is an Apgar test?
Bowlby’s theory focuses on this critical bond between infants and caregivers.
What is attachment?