Prenatal pt.1
These are the three phases of prenatal development.
What is germinal, embryonic, and fetal phase?
This is a one celled organism formed by the union of the sperm and egg.
What is a zygote?
This part of the brain is responsible for registering limb position and balance in development.
What is the cerebellum?
This term refers to the close, emotional bond of affection that develops between infants and their caregivers.
What is attachment?
An infant typically first exhibits separation anxiety at this age.
What is six to eight months?
This term refers to development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one’s genetic blueprint.
What is maturation?
The heart, spine, and brain emerge during this stage of development.
What is the embryonic stage?
This term refers to the head-to-foot-direction of motor development.
What is cephalocaudal trend?
When Tommy’s mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. This suggests that Tommy has not yet developed this cognitive ability.
What is object permanence?
Most miscarriages occur in this stage of prenatal development.
What is the embryonic stage?
If a baby is born with a small head, heart defects, and impaired mental and motor development, the mother is MOST likely to have done this during her pregnancy.
What is drinking alcohol/being an alcoholic?
According to Piaget, the developmental phenomena of object permanence and stranger anxiety occur during this stage of cognitive development.
What is sensorimotor stage?
This is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development.
What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational?
These substances, such as viruses and drugs, can harm a developing fetus.
What are teratogens?
This organ allows nutrients and oxygen from mother to embryo.
What is the placenta?
Young teens are not fully equipped for curbing risky behavior or making long-term plans because of the incomplete maturation of this part of the brain.
What are the frontal lobes?
Preschool children with this type of attachment show greater curiosity, better peer relationships, and more self-reliance.
What is secure attachment?
This trend in physical development suggests that infants will be able to control their shoulders and arms before they can control their hands and fingers.
What is the proximodistal trend?
Inadequate intake of this vitamin during pregnancy can lead to neural tube defects that can affect brain development.
What is folate or folic acid?
Omar's wife conceived a baby seven days ago, and does not yet know she is pregnant. His wife's pregnancy is currently in this stage.
What is the germinal stage?
This logical thinking ability includes the understanding that a quantity doesn't change if it's been altered (by being stretched, cut, elongated, spread out, shrunk, poured, etc).
What is conservation?
An infant is likely to be anxious in the presence of the mother, protest when she leaves, and not be comforted when she returns if the child and parent share this attachment style.
What is anxious-ambivalent attachment?
The developmental phenomena of object permanence and stranger anxiety occur during this stage of cognitive development.
What is the sensorimotor stage?