the debate over whether it is genetics or the environment that effects us the most.
What is the nature vs. nurture debate
100
conception to two weeks
What is the germinal stage
100
grasping, moving, walking, health, wellness
What is physical
100
patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur throughout the entire lifespan
What is development
100
the understanding that an object still exists when it is no longer in sight. After the first 6 months this develops.
What is object permanence.
200
the belief that growth physically and of knowledge is a continuous process vs. the belief in the 5 to 7 shift
What is the continuous vs. discontinuous debate
200
2 weeks to 8 weeks
What is the embryonic stage
200
memory, language, logic, reasoning
What is cognative
200
when children have learned what is expected of them by society as far as behaviors, attitudes, and expectations
What is socialization
200
a system of beliefs that I hold about my own mind and about other's minds, and of how these beliefs effect individuals
What is Theory of mind
300
an outside influence that enters the womb and causes a negative effect
What are teratogens
300
8 weeks to birth
What is the fetal stage
300
Emotional and social development
What is psycho-social
300
think of the monkeys: the innate pleasure from close physical contact
What is contact comfort
300
realizing that moving liquid from one container to a different shaped container or separating out a cluster into groups still contains the same amount now as it did in the beginning
What is conservation
400
Sally, a baby, is left alone in a room with a stranger when her mother leave.Sally does not show signs of distress when her mother leaves, but ignores her when she returns. What is this behavior?
What is insecure attachment
400
distress in children, age range of 6 to 8 months, when their primary caregiver leaves them alone or with a stranger.
*note: the "stranger" could be a sister of the child or a brother or even a father. It is anyone who is "strange" to the child *
What is separation anxiety
500
when a child is isolated from social interactions and most human contact within the first and second years of life
What is abandonment
500
a child's first word combinations, which do not include unnecessary words. Example "Go 'way dog" or "Where Daddy?"