Development

Question 1

Cross sectional study

Answer 1

Examines developmental changes by observing or testing people of different ages at the same point in time

Question 2

Problem of cross sectional studies

Answer 2

Cohorts- group born during the same period in history

Question 3

Longitudinal study

Answer 3

Examines changes by testing the same 2 people or more times as they grow

Question 4

Problems with longitudinal study

Answer 4

Assessment techniques may not be the same over time

Time and cost

People die, move, drop out

Question 5

Biographical or retrospective study

Answer 5

Start with an older person and then ask them to recall something from an earlier point in their life

Question 6

Problem with biographical or retrospective study

Answer 6

Memory is not always accurate

Question 7

Conception

Answer 7

The time when the sperm fertilizes the egg

Question 8

Zygote

Answer 8

The fertilized egg

Question 9

First week of conception

Answer 9

Differentiation of cells begins

Specialization function has begun

Question 10

2nd week of conception

Answer 10

The zygote attaches in the outer wall of uterus
Placenta forms
Inner Cells become embryos

Question 11

Weeks 2-8 of conception

Answer 11

Embryo forms heartbeat, liver

Makes red blood cells

Question 12

Week 9-end of term of conception

Answer 12

Fetus

Question 13

Teratogens

Answer 13

Toxins that can reach the embryo or fetus during pregnancy

Question 14

Neonates (newborn):-reflexes

Answer 14

Rooting 
Sucking 
Grasping 
Stepping 
Righting  
Startle 
Babinski

Question 15

Easy babies

Answer 15

Eat/sleep reg schedule

Handle change easily

Question 16

Difficult babies

Answer 16

Don’t handle discomfort well

Irregular eat/sleep schedule

Question 17

“Slow to warm up” babies

Answer 17

Fussy negative

Slow to change

Question 18

Vision

Answer 18

8-10 inches from focal point

By 4 months their vision is 20/30

Question 19

Babies brain development

Answer 19

Ages 3-6 most activity is in the frontal lobe

Question 20

Maturation

Answer 20

Process the determines changes in behavior and cognitive abilities

Not impacted by environment

Question 21

Motor development

Answer 21

Developmental norms are established by collecting large amounts of data from people presumed to be normal

Question 22

Proximodistal development

Answer 22

Motor development moves out from center core

Babies move both arms at the same time from shoulders

Question 23

Babies thinking

Answer 23

Visual cliff

Question 24

Preference

Answer 24

Gaze longer at shapes that have the characteristics of human faces

Colors more preferred than others

Measured through speed and strength of suck

Question 25

Recognition

Answer 25

Recognizes moms smell, heartbeat, voice, face

Question 26

Habituation

Answer 26

Look longer at new images than old images

Question 27

Jean Piaget

Answer 27

Interested in learning how kids think

Studied his own children and noticed they went through stages of development
Same order, same time