Erikson
The crisis during infancy (birth-1 year) where the child depends totally on others for care.
trust vs. mistrust
The fertilized human egg
zygote
The name of the period where infants use their senses and movements to understand their world
sensorimotor
Sounds made by infants at 6-months of age to 9-months of age
babble
Two people pay attention to the same point; toddlers are pointing during this time because they have limited words
joint attention
The second crisis comes during the toddler years (ages 1-2) when the child can walk away from parents to explore.
autonomy vs. shame and doubt
A newborn from birth to 4 weeks of age (1 month)
neonate
Stage where people, age 12 and up, who use abstract thinking
formal operation
Weight of an average one-year-old based on birth weight
newborn's weight should be triple that of his/her birth weight (8 pounds at birth should be 24 pounds at a year)
Milestone when an infant or toddler finds a toys that he or she sees it being hidden under a blanket
object permance
The age range of the students in the crisis called "initiative vs. guilt"
Preschoolers or ages 2-5
The term for when a premature fetus (between 24 to 26 weeks and on) could survive
age of viability
Stage where children ages 2-5 are gaining lots of language skills have big imaginations
preoperational
The process when myelin, insulating a neuron's axon, thickens to allow signals to travel more efficiently through the nervous system
myelination
The sculpting or pruning of structure in the brain's neuronal connections
synaptic pruning
Adolescents (agrs 12 to 18) experiments with different personal roles and experience this crisis.
identity vs. confusion
Average weight of the normal newborn at birth
5 to 9 pounds
The age range of the concrete operational stage students
elementary students or ages 6 to 11 or 12
The sense (sight, taste, smell, hearing, or touch) least developed at birth
sight/ seeing/vision
A developmental disorder that may be suspected at age 2, where a child displays deficits in language and social skills for their age. This is more fully diagnosed at age 4.
autism
The age range of the children experiencing the crisis called "industry vs. inferiority."
elementary-aged children or middle childhood
Quick assessment of newborn 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth--measuring appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
Apgar score
The theory that focuses on thinking or how people think to learn
cognitive theory
Infant crying that cannot be explained during the 2nd or 3th months of age
colic
Term for the self-centered nature of normal toddlers
egocentric