The term used to describe environmental influences on human development.
What is nurture?
100
A period during which physiological changes occur and lead to reproductive maturation due to the release of a large amount of hormones.
What is puberty?
100
Important part of the forebrain that houses conscious thinking processes (executive functions); continues to develop throughout adolescence.
What is the cortex?
100
The gender that, throughout childhood, is typically much more active and has a distinct advantage in many physical activities.
What are boys?
100
Disorder caused by a distorted self-image in which a severe attempt to be thin makes the person eat a large amount of food then purposefully purge it from the body.
What is bulimia?
200
Intervals of time during which physical development, perceptual abilities, brain development, and language acquisition can be strongly influenced.
What are sensitive periods?
200
Large movements of the body that permit locomotion through and within an environment.
What are gross motor skills?
200
A psychiatric condition characterized by irrational ideas and disorganized thinking; symptoms brought on by structural abnormalities or overactive synapses in certain parts of the brain.
What is schizophrenia?
200
This activity can help adolescents relieve stress and frustration; important for children to carry into adulthood to promote good health.
What is exercise?
200
The most serious and life-threatening STI transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids.
What is AIDS?
300
Situation in which the two genes of an allele pair, although not identical, both have some influence on a characteristic.
Example: sickle cell disease
What is codominance?
300
Belief held by many adolescents that they are unique beings invulnerable to normal risks and dangers.
What is the personal fable?
300
The branchlike part of a neuron that receives information from other neurons.
What is a dendrite?
300
Playful physical "fighting" typical in early and middle childhood that provides breaks from intellectual work and establishes dominance.
What is rough-and-tumble play?
300
Condition in which a person weighs at least twenty percent more than what is optimal for good health.
What is obesity?
400
Genes located at the same point on corresponding (paired) chromosomes and related to the same physical characteristic.
What are alleles?
400
Vertical ordering of motor skills and physical development; order is head first to feet last.
What is the cephalocaudal trend?
400
The growth of a fatty sheath around neurons that allows them to transmit messages more quickly.
What is myelination?
400
These activities allow children to maintain strength, endurance, and agility while promoting communication, cooperation, and leadership skills.
What are organized sports?
400
Death of an infant in the first year of life, typically during sleep, that cannot be explained by a thorough medical examination.
What is sudden infant death syndrome?
500
Tight genetic control of a particular aspect of development.
Example: basic motor skills almost always manifest themselves without training or encouragement
What is canalization?
500
An infant's persistent crying; may be caused by abdominal discomfort and disturbances in the brain's regulation of sleeping and waking.
What is colic?
500
The part of the brain responsible for complex thinking, emotions, and motivation; allows children to learn and develop individual personalities.
What is the forebrain?
500
The type of bone in children that is very fragile and most susceptible to damage from overexertion.
What is soft, spongy bone?
500
This type of hormone is released at a higher rate during sleep.