Topic 1
This is the only type of research that can infer a cause-and-effect relationship.
What is experimental research/experimental design?
This is the term for when someone who has been adopted by a family does not have contact with the biological family.
What is a closed adoption?
This is the longest stage of childbirth.
What is the first stage?
This is the term for growth from the head to the tail, or top down.
What is cephalocaudal development?
Throwing an infant into the air is a behavior typically observed by this parent. (Mother or Father).
What is the father?
This type of observation involves no active manipulation or controls on the environment, and is often conducted in the real-world.
What is naturalistic observation?
This trimester is when the fetal period ends.
What is the third trimester?
The APGAR does NOT test for one of the following: muscle tone, or motor maturity.
What is motor maturity?
This is the most common/successfully used imaging technique used to look at brain development in infants.
What is an electroencephalogram?
This is the "wrinkled cap" or two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This refers to Bronfenbrenner's theory, specifically the system in which an individual resides.
What is the microsystem?
This term includes a collection of disorders that impact facial structure, limb development, heart development, and a variety of neurocognitive functions.
What is FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders)?
This is the reflex, also called palmar reflex, that can be observed when stroking the foot of a newborn.
What is the Babinski reflex?
This is the term for when an infant is upset when a caregiver leaves the room (think of the strange situation task).
What is separation protest?
This is the emotion/cry after an initial breath holding spell, which is sudden, long, and loud.
What is a cry of pain?
This is the first step to the scientific method.
Identification of the problem/conceptualization of the problem
Fathers over this age have been linked to an increased risk for autism diagnoses in their children.
What is over the age of 40?
This is the month of development in utero does a fetus start to breathe irregularly (hint: think of viability).
What is 6 months in utero?
Breastfeeding does NOT have a maternal benefit for reduction to prepregnancy weight, likelihood of postpartum depression, or the likelihood/maintenance of this bone disease.
What is osteoporosis?
This type of correlation occurs when a child simply grows up in an environment raised with their biological family. (Hint: Think genotype-environment correlations).
What is a passive genotype-environment correlation?
This type of setting, while limited in its use as it is NOT in the natural environment, lacks diversity in the population, and limits developmental observation, allows for researchers to control for most factors that impact human behavior.
What is a laboratory setting/laboratory observation?
What is 1) negative and 2) positive?
This aids in the process of involution (shrinking or reduction of the uterus to its original size).
What is nursing the baby?
This is the word for when children use existing schemas to deal with new and incoming information/experiences.
What is assimilation?
This is the emotion/cry when extra air is forced through the vocal cords.
What is anger/an anger cry?