Scenarios
Corrado was born a mere 10 minutes ago. His latest Apgar score is 3. What does this indicate about Corrado’s health and functioning
What is He needs immediate medical attention, as he is almost certainly in critical condition.
Your brain has the ability to change in response to experience. This ability is known as
What is plasticity?
Menarche
What is the onset of menstration at puberty?
the most reliable predictor of postpartum depression...
What is depression during pregnancy?
the term used for changes that result from unique, unshared events
What is nonnormative change?
Dr. Sarrett is giving 5-year-old Teesa a pre-kindergarten physical examination. When Dr. Sarrett asks Teesa to jump up and down and hop on one leg, what is she testing...
What is gross motor skills?
Huntington’s disease is what type of disorder...
What is an autosomal dominant gene disorder?
A child who understands conservation of mass or volume would, by necessity, also understands
What is reversibility?
During which stage of cognitive development does a child first acquire symbols to think and communicate...
What is preoperational?
The 3 phases of menopause...
Premenopausal phase
Peri menopausal phase
Postmenopausal phase
Cecelia rolled her eyes in disgust when Carrie walked up to the group and began to speak. Cecelia was displaying which of the following?
What is relational aggression?
The two neurotransmitters that regulate the brain’s response to new information and unusual situations
What is dopamine and serotonin?
what occurs when the left and right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex undergo functional specialization...
What is laterization?
According to Freud’s theory of psychosexual development, what occurs when an inadequate early environment fails to meet the needs of any particular stage of psychosexual maturation?
What is fixation?
The term describes an approach to caring for the terminally ill that focuses on individual and family control over the process of dying...
What is hospice care?
Ron is entertaining himself and his mother with his repetitious “dadadada, babababa” as if he just likes the sound of his own voice. What is Ron doing?
What is babbling?
The genetically programmed time limit for cell replication to which each species is theoretically bound is called
What is the Hayflick limit?
Sets of statements that propose general principles to explain development are known as ...
Theories
A child’s understanding of words is known as...
What is receptive language?
True or False
What is True?
Dominic knows that he is dying. “I will donate a large sum of money to cancer research if I can just live long enough to see my grandchild born,” he pleaded to no one in particular. Dominic is most likely in which stage of dying, according to Kübler-Ross?
What is bargaining?
What is the is a primary function of brain development in the first year of life...
What is formation of synapses?
Attention is regulated by what structures...
What is reticular formation?
What condition is definitively diagnostic of Alzheimer’s disease?
What is The presence of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain identified at autopsy?
What 2 factors pose the most significant health risks among school-aged children?
What is accidents and obesity?