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Developmental Psychology CH. 1

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Section 1

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Naturalistic observation

Front

Observation of the actual behavior of people in the course of their everyday lives.

Back

Neurons

Front

a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.

Back

Attachment

Front

The emotional bond that children form with their caregivers at about 7-9 months.

Back

Three

Front

There are this many periods of prenatal development

Back

Violation-of-expectations method

Front

A test of mental representation in which the child is habituated to an event and then presented with possible and impossible variants of the event.

Back

Cohort Sequential design

Front

An experimental design in which the longitudinal method is replicated with several cohorts.

Back

Reflex

Front

A specific well intergraded automatic response to a specific type of stimulation

Back

Embryonic period

Front

Period of prenatal development that extends from the time the organism becomes attached to the uterus until the end of the 8th week, when all major organs have taken shape.

Back

Visual cliff

Front

A specially constructed apparatus that give the illusion of a dangerous drop-off; illustrates development of fear of heights

Back

Material tools

Front

Cultural tools including physical objects and observable patterns of behavior.

Back

Social Enhancement

Front

The most basic social process of learning to use cultural resources, in which recourses' are used simply because others activities have made them available in the environment.

Back

Myelination

Front

This insulates axons and speeds the transmission of impulses.

Back

longitudinal design

Front

research design in which one participant or group of participants is studied over a long period of time.

Back

Cerebral Cortex

Front

Part of the central nervous system: brains outermost and most complex layer least mature part of CNS at birth

Back

Canalized

Front

A trait that is _____ follows a strictly defined path, regardless of most environmental and genetic variations.

Back

Hand, Ossify

Front

The bones in the ___ harden or ___ first.

Back

Nature/Nurture Sources of development

Front

what do genetic heredity and the environment each contribute to development?

Back

Apgar scale

Front

A quick simple test used to diagnose the physical state of newborn infants.

Back

Social referencing

Front

Baby Keven has his first encounter with a dog he is unsure of what do and looks at his mother for guidance he is exhibiting this behavior.

Back

Cross-sectional design

Front

A research design in which children of various ages are studied at the same time.

Back

Individual differences

Front

No two human beings are exactly alike...

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Sensorimotor

Front

Piaget's first stage of cognitive development from birth to 2 years.

Back

Experience-expectant brain development

Front

Development of neural connections under genetic controls that occurs in any normal environment

Back

Microgenetic design

Front

A research method in which children's development is studied intensively over a relatively short period of time.

Back

Disorganized Attachment

Front

Least common pattern of attachment; infants seem to lack a coherent method for dealing with stress.

Back

synaptic pruning

Front

The process of selective dying off of nonfunctional synapses

Back

Critical and sensitive period

Front

Two main concepts we talked about when discussing plasticity. Hint: birds.

Back

Habituation

Front

The process by which attention to novelty decrease with repeated exposure.

Back

Gross Motor Skills

Front

Motor skills related to the development and coordination of large muscles important for locomotion.

Back

Mary Ainsworth

Front

Who was the researcher that developed "Strange Situation"?

Back

Continuity/Discontinuity

Front

Is growth a gradual continuous process of change, or is it punctuated by periods of rapid change?

Back

Strange Situation

Front

A procedure designed to assess children's attachment on the basis of their responses to a Stanger when they're with their mothers, when they're alone, and after reunion.

Back

Symbolic tools

Front

Cultural tools such as abstract knowledge, belief's, and values

Back

Object permanence

Front

The understanding that objects have substance maintain their identities when they change location and ordinarily continue to exist when out of sight

Back

Thalidomide

Front

An Rx drug prescribed in 1950's-1960's is a potent teratogen causing sever birth defects.

Back

Secure Attachment

Front

A pattern of attachment in which children play comfortably and react positively to a stranger when mom is present; upset when mom leaves; calm when mom returns.

Back

Phenotype

Front

The organism's observable characteristics that result from the interaction of the genotype with the environment.

Back

Intermodal perception

Front

The understanding that a certain object or event can be simultaneously perceived by more than on sensory system.

Back

Plasticity

Front

To what extent and under what conditions is development malleable or subject to change?

Back

Teratogens

Front

Environmental agents that can caused deviations from normal development and can lead to the abnormalities or death.

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