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Introduction
Theories
Heredity & Environment
Prenatal
First 2 Years
100
What does SIDS stand for?
What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
100
What type of theorists were Freud & Erikson?
What is Psychoanalytic
100
How many chromosomes does every normal developing human body cell contain?
What is 23 pairs or 46 chromosomes
100
What are the 3 periods of Prenatal development in chronological order?
What is Germinal, Embryonic, & Fetal stages
100
What is pruning & how does it affect the brain?
What is It kills off the unused brain connections & makes the brain faster and more efficient
200
What are the 5 steps to the scientific method?
What is Question, Hypothesis, Research, Conclusions, Report
200
What's the difference between classical & operant conditioning?
What is Classical: natural response triggered by stimulus; Operant: conditioning occurs when rewards & punishments are given for an act/behavior
200
What are the only possible 4 bases for amino acids?
What is A-T-C-G
200
What is the age of viability refer to?
What is when the organism can survive outside the uterus through medical intervention
200
In Piaget's Primary Circular Reaction Stage, what is an infant primarily focused on? Please give an example.
What is their own body - such as sucking on their finger
300
What is the nature vs. nurture debate focused on?
What is whether or not nature (genes) affect the individual or nurture (environment) affect the individual
300
What's the difference between Assimilation & Accommodation?
What is Assimilation - adding knowledge to existing information; Accommodation - altering/adjusting existing knowledge
300
What is the key difference between monozygotic and dizygotic twins?
What is Monozygotic - identical - from one sperm & one ovum that separate into 2; Dizygotic - fraternal - 2 separate ovum and sperm
300
Name 4 of the 5 vital signs tested in the APGAR test.
What is Color, Heartbeat, Reflex, Muscle tone, Breathing
300
What are affordances? Please provide an example of this concept.
What is Things the object, environment, or person offers
400
"How much college students study habits are affected by eating junk food" What's the Independent Variable & Dependent Variable?
What is IV = eating junk food; DV = study habits
400
How was Vygotsky different from the other theorists? What did he contribute?
What is culture; Sociocultural theory - looked at the entire environment/context surrounding the child
400
What does the term Epigenetic mean?
What is Environment affects genes; Nature and Nurture
400
How many weeks earlier born is considered a "preterm" baby? (38 weeks total)
What is 3 weeks or more
400
What are the 4 categories of of temperament & which one is the most common?
What is Slow-to-warm up; Difficult; Hard to Classify; Easy (most common 40%)
500
Which of the following correlations has the strongest relationship? a. +0.45 b. -0.77 c. +0.69 d. -0.80
What is D - 0.80
500
What are the 5 hierarchy of needs in Maslow's theory?
What is 1. Physiological 2. Security 3. Love & Belonging 4. Esteem 5. Self-actualization
500
Please explain/define the following "G" words Gene, Gamete, Genome, Genotype
What is Gene - basic unit of heredity transmitted; Gamete - a reproductive cell (sperm or ovum); Genome - full set of genes (instructions); Genotype - entire genetic inheritance
500
Please explain what couvade is and give an example of this
What is symptoms of pregnancy & birth experienced by the father - gaining weight, feeling pain or stress, feeling sick
500
What are 2 predictors of secure and insecure attachment?
What is Secure: sensitive & responsive parents, high synchrony, easy temperament, no stress, parents had previous security w/ own parents; Insecure: abuse/neglect, mental illness, stressed, controlling parent, alcoholic, slow to warm up or difficult temperament