Human Development Questions.
_____________ is the study of how humans mature and why they develop as they do.
Developmental Psychology
How long does it typically take for a fertilized egg to develop into a newborn baby?
40 weeks
Babies born before _____________ are considered premature.
37 weeks.
What did the Visual Cliff Experiment test?
A child's depth perception.
Green
Describes the environmental factors that influence an individual's development.
Nurture
What two types of factors can impact fetal development?
Environmental and Biological
All fetal organs are present by ________________.
5 weeks
What does language acquisition involve use of? *it is a visible sign of something invisible.
Symbols
How many school children in the US may have FASDs?
1 in 20 children.
Psychologists ask the question: How much of development is the result of inheritance (heredity), and how much is the result of what we have learned?
Nature vs. Nurture
What are three environmental factors that can impact a fetus?
Radiation, Mercury, Lead, Disease, Alcohol, Drugs, Nicotine.
What are infants subject to when they leave their mothers womb?
Bright lights, loud sounds, unfamiliar touches, temperature changes.
When does a child acquire more grammatical knowledge, simple declaratives, and has an average size of 5,000 Vocabulary words?
3 years
Who was Genie?
Psychologists ask the question: Do various traits, such as shyness or extra-version, remain stable and consistent through life or do they change over time?
Stability vs. Change
What is one Syndrome that a child can be born with due to the mother taking drugs or drinking?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
What can heighten a child's chances of heart defects, respiratory problems, blindness, or brain damage?
Being born premature.
By the end of this year, infants master sounds of own language and usually say first words.
1 year
What is the heaviest animal in the world?
Antarctic Blue Whale
Psychologists ask: How much of developmental change occurs gradually over time, and how much occurs in a series of clearly defined steps or stages?
Continuity vs. Discontinuity
What are three symptoms of NAS?
High Pitched cry, Seizures, sleep deprivation, hypertension, diarrhea, weight loss, vomiting, sweating, hypothermia, tremors.
What ability are babies not born with?
To see colors.
Psychologists argue that language is acquired two ways? What are these two ways?
Language is a learned behavior and language is inborn.
_____________ are the kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear.
Telegraph Speech