Research Designs
Genetics
Prenatal Development
The Brain
Piaget and Vygotsky
100
A study that examines the same group of people over a long period of time
What is longitudinal
100
A type of pattern of inheritance in which one dominant gene will be expressed phenotypically
What is dominant?
100
The correct order of the stages of prenatal development?
What is the zygote, embryo, fetus?
100
This process coats the connections between neurons with a fatty sheath, enabling neurons to communicate more efficiently.
What is myelination?
100
This theorist stated that cognitive development proceeds in four distinct stages that can be observed all over the world.
Who is Piaget?
200
The only type of research design that allows us to infer cause and effect
What is experimental?
200
A type of twins who share 100% of the same genetic material
What is an identical twin?
200
Any substance which causes harm to the developing fetus
What is a teratogen?
200
This lobe of the brain is responsible for thinking, personality, and making intentions.
What is the frontal lobe?
200
This theorist argued that cognitive development is largely dependent upon context and that the language we use affects the way we think.
Who is Vygotsky?
300
A type of research design that includes participants from several different age groups
What is cross-sectional?
300
A type of twins who share only 50% of the same genetic material
What is a fraternal twin?
300
The first time in prenatal development when an infant could potentially survive outside its mother's womb; occurs between 22 and 26 weeks.
What is the age of viability?
300
This lobe of the brain is responsible for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
300
Hints that we provide to children working in their zone of proximal development are called....
What is scaffolding?
400
The variable that is being measured in an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
400
A psychological trait influenced by several genes follows this type of pattern of inheritance
What is polygenic?
400
Low birth weight is considered.....(name the weight)
What is less than 5.5 lbs.?
400
This lobe of the brain is responsible for attention, spatial abilities, and motor control.
What is the parietal lobe?
400
Monitoring one's own thinking; an example would be pacing oneself through a timed exam
What is metacognition?
500
A number ranging from -1 to +1 that tells us the relationship between two variables
What is a correlation?
500
A pattern of inheritance in which two genes will be expressed; the blood type AB is an example
What is codominance?
500
An example of a teratogen is....
What is.....(name one)
500
This lobe of the brain is responsible for hearing, language and memory.
What is the temporal lobe?
500
Name an example of accommodation
What is.....
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