Child Psychology
A child's way of responding to events
(affected by nature)
What is Temperaments
A set of assumptions used to explain phenomena and offered for scientific study
what is a theory
Infant reflex wherein the baby will, when touched on the cheek, turn its head toward the direction of the touch and search for a nipple
What is Rooting Reflex
Measuring device or procedure.
What is a test
Need for increasing amounts for desired effect
What is Tolerance
Individual differences in development
(first words "social or objects"
What is Diversity
An assumption or prediction about behavior that is tested through scientific research and experimentation.
What is a Hypothesis
Harmful environmental agents that disrupt proper development
What are teratogens
Evaluates accomplishment or the degree of learning that has taken place.
What is an achievement tests
Symptoms that occur within a month of the stressors and last at least 2 days but no more than a month.
what is Acute Stress Disorder
Inherited characteristics that influence development and environmental factors that affect development
what is Nature vs Nurture
A systematic approach to gathering information and answering questions so that errors and biases are minimized
What is Scientific Method
Fear of people other than those with whom the infant is familiar; appears around 8 months and peaks at 13 months
What is Stranger Anxiety
Body of principles or right, proper, or good conduct
what are ethics
Preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance.
what is Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Three developmental domains
What is Physical, Cognitive, Social-emotional
Study of how humans process, store, retrieve , and use information/memories
What is Cognitive Psychology
An emotional tie with another person; shown in infants by their seeking closeness with caregivers and displaying distress upon separation
What is Attachment
Therapeutic self-discovery and new understandings are encouraged throughout the assessment process
what is Therapeutic Psychological Assessment
Persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses, or images that are ego-dystonic.
what are Obsessions
Children's beliefs and goals influence their actions and how they often learn by observing others
What is social learning theory
The branch of medicine that address mental, emotional, and/or behavioral health
What is Psychiatry
A parenting style characterized by high demandingness and high warmth; these parents explain reasons for rules and are open to negotiation.
What is Authoritative
A working relationship between the examiner and examinee
At least one manic or one mixed episode - Not better accounted for by a psychotic disorder
what is Bipolar I Disorder