Chapter 1
This type of research method can indicate a relationship between variables but cannot tell us about causation.
What is correlational?
A fertilized egg.
What is a zygote?
Crawling and walking are examples of this type of skill.
What are gross motor?
Piaget's first stage of cognitive development.
What is sensorimotor?
When new experiences are incorporated into an existing schema.
What is assimilation?
This research design measures different age cohorts at the same period of time.
What is cross sectional?
Any agent that can negatively impact prenatal development.
What is teratogen?
This 5 dimensional scale is used to assess newborn health directly following birth.
What is APGAR?
Learning through rewards and punishments determine the likelihood that behavior will reoccur.
What is operant conditioning?
The building blocks of language.
What are phenomes?
According to this theory, development is determined by how well people resolve conflicts faced at different ages.
What is psychodynamic?
Body structures and internal organs are created during this prenatal period.
What is period of the embryo?
This hemisphere is predominantly responsible for language.
What is the left?
The difference between what a child can do alone and what they could do with assistance.
What is the zone of proximal development?
Vygotsky referred to children as these.
What are little apprentices?
According to Bronfenbrenner, development occurs in the context of the microsystem, exosystem, macrosystem and this system.
What is mesosystem?
This phrase refers to the point at which the fetus has a greater likelihood of surviving outside the womb.
What is the age of viability?
This reflex occurs when an object is placed in the palm of a baby's hand.
What is palmar?
This type of early speech only includes words directly relevant to meaning.
What is telegraphic speech?
The flat group of cells in the zygote that eventually becomes the brain and spinal cord.
What is the neural plate?
The debate of whether development occurs as a smooth progression or series of abrupt changes is referred to as this.
What is continuity vs discontinuity?
In this procedure, a tissue sample is obtained from the placenta in order to detect possible genetic disorders.
What is chorionic villus sampling (CVS)?
This campaign was started to help prevent SIDS.
What is Back to Sleep Campaign?
This style of learning language includes vocabularies that consist mostly of words that name people, objects, or actions.
What is referential?
This concept refers to the idea that motor skills must be mastered alone and then combined with others.
What is differentiation and integration?