Prenatal
This organ provides nourishment and oxygen to the fetus
What is the placenta?
What is 16+?
This stage of Piaget's cognitive development theory corresponds with early childhood
What is preoperational?
Girls typically begin puberty at this age
What is 10 years?
During early adulthood, this factor significantly influences career advancement and stability
What is continuing education?
The number of chromosomes typically found in normal human cells
What is 46 (23 pairs)?
This reflex causes a baby to turn their head when their cheek is touched
What is the rooting reflex?
The false belief task is assessing the development of this in children
What is theory of mind?
This brain area is responsible for impulse control and planning in adolescents
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This is a common challenge regarding social life faced by individuals in early adulthood
What is balancing work and social activities?
This syndrome results from an extra 21st chromosome
What is the Down Syndrome?
This first breast milk produced primarily consists of nutrients and antibodies
What is colostrum?
This theory suggests there are multiple types of intelligence
What is Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?
This is the main cause of death for 15 to 20 year-olds in the United States
What is motor vehicle accident?
This can combat age-related physical decline and reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases
What is exercising?
The prenatal period when most of the neurons in the brain develop
What is the fetal period?
Approximately ____% of neural connections are lost during synaptic pruning
What is 40%?
A child's speech should be mostly intelligible to a stranger by this age
What is 5 years?
The psychosocial stage Erikson described during adolescence
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
Loss of muscle mass and strength during age is called this
What is sarcopenia?
_________ is the genetic makeup, _________ is the expression of these genes
What are genotype and phenotype?
According to Piaget, infants typically develop object permanence around this age
What is 8 months?
According to Vygotsky, this is the difference between what a child can do alone versus with help
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Approximately ___% of mental illnesses begin by age 24
What is 75%?
What are telomeres?