Early Development
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Parenting and Culture
Potpourri
100
This is the entire genetic code
What is the genome?
100
The average time from conception to birth (in weeks)
What is 38 weeks?
100
According to the psychologist, humans develop cognitive skills in a series of discreet steps
Who is Piaget?
100

This type of parenting takes a very hands-off approach

What is permissive parenting?

100

Children begin to form attachement during this stage?

What is prenatal?

200
the process by which brain cells which are not used are discarded
What is neural pruning?
200
The fertilized egg from conception to 2 weeks
What is a zygote?
200
Piaget's idea of concept formation is known as
What is schema development?
200
This type of parenting is the most difficult to implement effectively
What is authoratative parenting?
200

This is the amount alike all humans are genetically.

What is 99.9%?

300
The consistent emotional reactivity and intensity all newborns demonstrate
What is temperament?
300
This causes few (if any) memories to be formed before the age of 3
What is infantile amnesia?
300
Vygotsky believed children learn cognitive skills through this
What is socialization?
300
This is the term for any set of agreed upon and accepted behaviors
What is a norm?
300

This is the idea that most people within a culture follow a specific time period for major life milestones such as marriage and having children

What is the social clock?

400
Random errors in the genetic code which may cause birth defects
What are mutations?
400
The entrance into adolescence is known as this
What is puberty?
400
Vygotsky theorized children are able to do much more than adults think they can providing an adult provides some assistance to the child. The difference between what a child can do on his or her own versus what he or she can do with some help is known as this
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
400
In this type of culture one puts themselves above the interest of the group
What is an individualist culture?
400

On the 9th day of Christmas, what did my true love give me?

What are 9 ladies dancing?

500
This type of environment is said to produce the most "trained" brain among newborns and infants
What is an enriched environment?
500
This type of intelligence increases with age
What is crystallized intelligence?
500
This is Piaget's last stage of cognitive development.
What is the Formal Operations stage?
500
Men are often more physically aggressive than women. Women, however, demonstrate this type of aggression more than men
What is relational aggression?
500

This psychologist conducted the so-called "strange situation" experiments to determine attachment patterns in infants

Who is Mary Ainsworth?

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