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Give some examples of gross and fine motor skills
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100
_____ are defined as cognitive groupings of similar objects, events, people, or ideas.
What are concepts?
100
_____ is defined as feeling, or affect, that occurs when a person is in a state or an interaction that is important to him or her.
What is emotion?
100
Jean Piaget’s preoperational period extends from _____ years of age.
2-7 years of age
100
A _____ is a nerve cell that handles information processing.
What is a neuron?
200
During the infant’s second year, the growth rate
declines
200
The focusing of mental resources on select information that improves cognitive processing on many tasks is defined as
What is attention
200
individual differences in behavioral styles, emotions, and characteristic ways of responding
What is Temperament?
200
According to Erik Erikson, the first year of life is characterized by the _____ stage of development.
What is trust versus mistrust?
200
Children and adolescents whose BMI is at or above the _____ percentile are classified as obese.
What is 97th
300
Which of the following areas of the brain is farthest from the spinal cord and includes cerebral cortex?
What is the forebrain?
300
The appropriate use of language in different contexts is known as
What is pragmatics
300
Name a self-conscious emotion
What is guilt, shame, pride, etc
300
Piaget believed that children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking perspective of another person. This is known as:
What is egocentrism?
300
Which of the following terms refers to adjusting the level of guidance to fit the child’s performance?
What is scaffolding?
400
A _____ is a layer of fat cells that insulates axons and helps electrical signals travel faster down the axon in neurons.
What is myelin sheath
400
_____________is defined as the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.
What is object permanence?
400
Describe a infant who is deemed an "easy" child in regards to temperament
What is establishes routines, adapts to change easily, generally positive.
400
According to Harry Harlow, infants’ attachment depends on
What is close physical contact
400
Parenting style that is strict, demanding, and little communication.
What is authoritarian?
500
Name three infant reflexes?
What is startle, grasp, root, suck
500
Which of the following terms refers to the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of action?
What is animism
500
expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act, and feel.
What are gender roles
500
concept that refers to the awareness of one’s own mental processes and the mental processes of others.
What is theory of mind
500
When the cry of a baby is following a rhythmic pattern consisting of a cry, followed by a briefer silence, then a shorter inspiratory whistle that is somewhat higher in pitch than the main cry, then another brief rest before the next cry, then it is called the _____ cry.
What is basic cry?