Theories/Foundation
Name of long-standing debate concerning whether human behavior, personality, and development are primarily determined by genetics or environmental factors
What is nature vs nurture?
Which of the following is a teratogen?
Folic Acid, Oxygen, Tylenol, Alcohol
What is Alcohol?
The type of reactions to stimuli that are automatic.
What are reflexes?
Learning a new behavior by observing others
What is imitation?
The type of attachment style that is most common.
What is secure attachment?
Theorist who believes that THINKING develops in a sequence of stages
Who is Piaget?
The second stage of prenatal development.
What is an embryo?
The type of movements that involve large muscles group (arms, legs, torso, etc.).
What are gross motor skills?
How does an infant communicate during the first year of life?
What is babbling, gestures, crying, cooing
The type of attachment that develops when a child feels fear.
What is disorganized/fearful attachment?
Bronfenbrenner's theory is what type of developmental theory?
What is Ecological and Systems?
Persistent abnormal feelings of low self-worth, irritability, disturbed sleep, poor appetite, apathy that continues months after giving birth.
What is post-partum depression?
The age by which infants usually triple their weight.
What is 1 year?
Type of learning that occurs when a behavior’s consequences make this behavior’s future occurrence more likely or less likely.
What is operant conditioning?
Type of play in which children play alone but are keenly interested in what others are doing
What is parallel play?
Term for when a particular developmental phenomenon represents a smooth progression throughout life span.
What is continuous development (continuity)?
The stage of labor when the placenta is expelled.
What is the third stage of labor?
The age that infants’ visual acuity is the same as that of adults.
What is 1 year?
Type of speech that includes only words directly related to meaning and nothing more
What is telegraphic speech?
Any behavior that benefits another person
What is prosocial behavior?
The internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors that shape human development.
What are psychological forces?
What prenatal diagnostic tool is performed as part of the standard care for most women in the US?
What is an ultrasound?
A sudden, high-pitched wail – in response to apparent pain-provoking stimuli suggests they experience pain.
What is a pain cry?
A theorist who would explain that a child learns to use a spoon be being taught by a skilled peer or adult.
Who is Vygotsky?
Guilt, embarrassment, pride, regret, and shame
What are complex emotions?