Language Development
Prenatal Development/Infancy
Developmental Stages
Nature vs. Nurture
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Basic building blocks of language. Children learning to speak may use some that exist outside of the native language.
Phonemes
100
Harmful chemical agents that can pass through the placenta.
Teratogens.
100
The Piagetian stage where children depend entirely on their senses.
Sensorimotor stage
100
This researcher proved that children need warmth and softness rather than nourishment alone.
Harlow
100
The psychodynamic view that girls compete with their mothers for their father's love.
Electra complex
200
The suffix "ed" is an example of this
morpheme
200
Dimples are an example of a ___________ trait.
dominant
200
This is the Piagetian stage where abstract thinking begins to take place.
Formal Operational stage
200
When we acquire the traditional masculine or feminine roles of our culture.
Gender Typing
200
Testing people at various ages.
Cross sectional studies.
300
Developed the theory of universal grammar.
Noam Chomsky
300
The most common genetic abnormality in which a child has 47 chromosomes resulting in intellectual disability.
Down syndrome
300
Erik Erikson argued that during this stage, children either feel confident or inferior due to grading.
Competence/Industry vs. Inferiority stage
300
These kinds of parents are both demanding and responsive.
Authoritative
300
Children will _________________ new schema once their original schema has been diffused.
accommodate
400
Infants start without language, but they recognize differences in speech sounds and read lips. This is called...
receptive language
400
When startled, a baby will fling his or her limbs out and then quickly retract them/pull toward chest
Moro Reflex
400
During this moral thinking stage, people use universal ethical principles or make a choice based on personal values and/or the good of the group.
Postconventional
400
Infants with ____________ attachments have mixed reactions to the parents. They may show extreme stress when the parents leave but resist being comforted by them when they return.
Anxious/ambivalent
400
When a baby’s foot is stroked, he/she will spread toes. This is called the...
Babinksi Reflex.
500
Saying "where daddy" is an example of
Telegraphic speech/two-word stage.
500
Absence of two complete copies of X chromosome in girls. Characterized by short stature and infertility. Impaired problem solving and social relationships.
Turner's Syndrome
500
This psychosocial development crisis occurs from the 20s-40s when people attempt to establish strong relationships.
Intimacy vs. Isolation
500
If parents exert too much control and defeat the toddler’s attempts to develop his/her own sense of control, or if the parent does not encourage the toddler to exhibit any sense of control, he/she will fail to develop a sense of independence. This relates to Erikson's __________ crisis.
Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
500
explains that we internalize messages about gender into cognitive rules about how each gender should behave.
Gender schema theory