Theoretical perspective in which children's behavioral and emotional responses change as a direct result of particular environmental stimuli
What is behaviorism?
100
Multistep process of carefully defining and addressing a research question using critical thinking and analysis of the evidence.
What is the scientific method?
100
Basic unit of heredity in a living cell; genes are made up of DNA and contained on chromosomes.
What is a gene?
100
A psychiatric condition that is characterized by irrational ideas and disorganized thinking.
What is schizophrenia?
100
The sound system of a language; how words sound and are produced.
What is phonology?
200
Theoretical perspective that focuses on how children's beliefs and goals influence their actions and how they often learn by observing others.
What is social learning theory
200
Instrument designed to assess knowledge, abilities, or skills in a consistent fashion across individuals.
What is a test?
200
Twins that began as a single zygote and so share the same genetic makeup.
What are monozygotic twins?
200
Large movements of the body that permit locomotion through and within the environment.
What are gross motor skills?
200
Rules consistently used to put words together into sentences.
What is syntax?
300
Theoretical perspective that focuses on how early experiences and internal conflicts affect social and personality development.
What is psychodynamic theory?
300
Task that children complete and researchers use to make judgments of children's understandings and skills.
What is an assessment?
300
Gene that overrides any competing instructions in an allele pair.
What is a dominant gene?
300
Small, precise movements of particular parts of the body, especially in the hands.
What are fine motor skills?
300
Ability to communicate effectively through speaking and writing.
What is expressive language?
400
Theoretical perspective that focuses on the precise nature of human mental operations.
What is cognitive process theory?
400
Data collection technique whereby a researcher carefully observes and documents the behaviors of participants in a research study.
What is an observation?
400
Potentially harmful substance that can cause damaging effects during prenatal development.
What is a teratogen?
400
Physiological changes that occur during adolescence and lead to reproductive maturation.
What is puberty?
400
Overly broad meaning for a word, such that it is used in situations to which it does not apply.
What is overextension?
500
Theoretical perspective that focuses on the multiple factors, including systems inside and outside children, that combine to influence children's development.
What is developmental systems theory?
500
Research study in which the performance of a single group of people is tracked over a period of time.
What is a longitudinal study?
500
During the prenatal weeks 2 through 8, the developing offspring that is in the process of forming major body structures and organs.
What is an embryo?
500
Purposeful and goal-directed intellectual processes (e.g., planning, decision making) made possible by higher brain structures.
What is executive function?
500
Smallest units of a spoken language that signify differences in meaning.