Prenatal Development
Cognitive Development
Moral Development
Language Acquisition
Attachment & Parenting Styles
100

What is the term for agents like chemicals or viruses that can harm a developing fetus?

What are teratogens?

100

What is the concept referring to the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they can't be seen?

What is object permanence?

100

What are Kohlberg’s three levels of moral reasoning?

What are preconventional, conventional, and postconventional morality?

100

What is the smallest unit of sound in a language?

What is a phoneme?

100

What psychologist studied attachment using rhesus monkeys?

Who is Harry Harlow?

200

What organ provides nutrients and oxygen to the embryo/fetus?

What is the placenta?

200

What is the term for a child's inability to see another person's perspective?

What is egocentrism?

200

What is an example of preconventional morality?

What is obeying rules to avoid punishment or gain rewards?

200

What is the smallest unit of meaning in a language?

What is a morpheme?

200

What type of attachment allows infants to feel safe and explore confidently in a caregiver's presence?

What is secure attachment?

300

What are the three stages of prenatal development?

What are zygote, embryo, and fetus?

300

What Piagetian stage involves understanding the concept of conservation?

What is the concrete operational stage?

300

What was the Heinz dilemma designed to test?

What is moral reasoning?

300

What term describes early speech in toddlers that lacks non-essential words, e.g., "Want cookie"?

What is telegraphic speech?

300

What experiment did Mary Ainsworth use to study attachment by observing infants with and without their caregivers?

What is the Strange Situation experiment?

400

What is the term for the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb, around 22-23 weeks?

What is the threshold of viability?

400

What is the last stage of Piaget’s cognitive development theory?

What is the formal operational stage?

400

What stage of morality is based on self-defined ethical principles?

 What is postconventional morality?

400

What did Noam Chomsky propose that humans are born with to help them learn language quickly during a critical period?

 What is a language acquisition device?

400

Which parenting style has parents who have few limits and few punishments 

What is Permissive?

500

What condition results from prenatal alcohol exposure, leading to physical and cognitive abnormalities?

What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

500

What is the key difference between concrete and formal operational thinking?

What is concrete thinking involves physical objects while formal thinking includes abstract concepts?

500

How does moral reasoning change in adolescence?

What is the ability to apply abstract ethical principles?

500

What theory suggests that language shapes how we think and perceive the world?

What is linguistic determinism?

500

What is the impact of neglectful parenting on child development?

What is difficulty with emotional regulation and relationships?