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Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
Theories and Theoriests
Research Methods
Genetic Foundations
Prenatal Development
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The #1 killer of infants under the age of 12 months.

What is SIDS?

100
Who's favorite topic was the unconscious mind?
Who is Freud?
100
This variable is referred to the outcome or result.
What is the dependent variable (DV)?
100
In 2003, this project mapped our genes and those involved with various conditions and disorders.
What is the Human Genome Project?
100
Organogenesis occurs during what stage of prenatal development?
What is the embryonic period?
200

This sense is the poorest at the time of birth.

What is vision?

200
This leader of the social-cognitive theory, suggests that cognitive processes are heavily linked to the environment and behavior.
Who is Albert Bandura?
200
Surveys, naturalistic observations and case studies are all this type of research?
What is descriptive?
200
When it comes to dominant and recessive genes, you need ______ alleles in order to see the ________ or observable characteristic.
What is 2; phenotype?
200
Name the 2 procedures that allow fetal cells to be screened for defects.
What are CVS and Amniocentesis?
300

These skills, such as rolling over and crawling, appear before fine motor skills.

What are gross motor skills?

300
Piaget constructed one of the main cognitive theories of our time. Name the 4 stages of his theory.
What are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational?
300
The more you study for this exam, the higher your grade is an example of what type of correlation?
What is positive?
300
All humans born with Turner's syndrome are genetically what?
What is X0?
300
Name 3 different types of teratogens.
What are prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs, stress, nicotine, illicit drugs, alcohol, nutrition, maternal diseases, age etc.?
400

Noam Chomsky proposed that all humans have an inborn language processor that helps with the children's comprehension and production of language is called?

What is the language acquision device (LAD)?

400
Bronfenbrenner's theory consists of 5 environmental systems. Who do these systems act upon?
What is the person/individual/"you"?
400
Experiments are designed to look at what?
What is cause and effect?
400
Hemophilia and Fragile X syndrome are both considered what type of "diseases"?
What is X-linked?
400
You have just given birth to a healthy baby boy. He scores a "9" on the Apgar scale. This indicates what about the child?
What is his condition is good?
500

Parents often use higher pitch tones to speak to infants. This speech is often referred to as?

What is infant-directed speech or infantese or parentese?

500

Lev Vygotsky stated that _______ and ____ are the most important components to cognitive development?

What are social interactions and culture?

500
You have signed up for a sleep study. One group is allowed to sleep 2 hours per night, another group is allowed to sleep 4 hours and another group can sleep for however long they want. What is the IV in this study?
What is hours of sleep?
500
During the process of mitosis, _______ ______ are formed at the end, containing the same genetic material as the original cell.
What are daughter cells?
500

Besides massage therapy, NICUs use this technique to regulate breathing and heart rate and help babies gain weight.

What is Kangaroo Care?