Chapter 3

Question 1

The transitional that not straightforward or automatic but multidirectional and multicontextual, multicultural, and plastic is called

Answer 1

Development

Question 2

Birth weight typically doubles by

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4 months

Question 3

Birth weight typically triples by

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One year

Question 4

An average 7 pound newborn will be 21 pounds at

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12 months

Question 5

In some countries people put large piercings through the face as decoration or indication of belonging to a particular group. This same behavior might be considered unacceptable in another place. This is considered to be a ___.

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Norm

Question 6

If teething or a stuffed up nose temporarily slows weight gain, nature slows growth of the body but not the brain, a phenomenon called ___.

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Head-sparing

Question 7

Most thinking, feeling, and sensing occur in the ___.

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Cortex

Question 8

The area for anticipation, planning, and impulse control is called ___.

Answer 8

Pre-frontal Cortex

Question 9

The great but temporary increase in the number of dendrites that develop in an infant’s brain during the first two years of life is called ___.

Answer 9

Transient exuberance

Question 10

A toddler not being able to different monkey faces anymore but becomes an expert at differentiating between humans faces is due to ___.

Answer 10

Synaptic pruning

Question 11

A mother is abusive to her child and decides to shake her infant back and forth sharply and quickly to stop the baby from crying the life threatening injuring is called ___.

Answer 11

Shaken baby syndrome

Question 12

Infants with no toys develop their brains by using whatever objects are available this phenomenal is called ___.

Answer 12

Self- righting

Question 13

Looking at the television creates ___.

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Sensation

Question 14

Making sense of what you are watching is called __.

Answer 14

Perception

Question 15

The ability to focus the two eyes in a coordinated manner in order to see one image is called ___.

Answer 15

Binocular vision

Question 16

Independent walking is an example of ___.

Answer 16

Motor skills

Question 17

Sitting head steady is an example of ____.

Answer 17

Gross motor skills

Question 18

A child writing their name is an example of ___.

Answer 18

Fine motor skills

Question 19

The body’s immune system to resist a particular disease is called ___.

Answer 19

Immunization

Question 20

9 year old Esi, was seen by the doctors and her parents were told that she is underweight for her height and age this is an example of ____.

Answer 20

Wasting

Question 21

Miranda is 7 years old and her parents are not able to give her enough food to sustain her normal growth. What condition does she have?

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Protein- calorie malnutrition

Question 22

Chi chi body has stopped growing, her body tissues have began to waste away and the doctor says her likelihood to survive is scarce. What condition does Chi chi have?

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Marasmus

Question 23

Hilda is not getting enough protein in her diet so her growth over the years have slowed down. Her hair has become thin and her stomach has become big what condition does she have?

Answer 23

Kwashiorkor

Question 24

Piaget’s term for the way infants think by using their senses and motor skills during the first period of cognitive development is called ___.

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Sensorimotor Intelligence

Question 25

Kyle has started sucking, grasping, and listening. Since he is utilizing his reflexes approximately how old and what stage is he in?

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``` 1 month Stage one (Reflexes) ```

Question 26

Bianca has started sucking her pacifier differently from a nipple and can grab her bottle to suck it. What stage is this and age range is this?

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``` 1-4 months Stage 2 (The first acquired adaptations) ```

Question 27

When mommy says patty cake, Andrea claps her hands. What stage is this and age?

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``` 4-8 months Stage 3 (Making interesting sights last) ```

Question 28

Now Andrea puts her mother's hands together in order to make her start playing patty-cake. What stage is this and age?

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``` 8-12 month Stage 4 (New adaption and anticipation) ```

Question 29

Felix took the the teddy bear and flushed it down the toilet is an example of what stage and age?

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``` 12-18 months Stage 5 (New means through active experimentation) ```

Question 30

Greg before flushing, he remembered that the toilet over-flowed and mother was angry the last time, and hesitated. What stage and age is this?

Answer 30

``` 18-24 months Stage 6 (New means through mental combinations) ```

Question 31

A woman shows the baby a toy then puts it under a cloth the baby is not able to find the toy nor looks for it, According to Piaget, this baby lacks _____. What stage can this be found?

Answer 31

Object Permanence | 3-4

Question 32

This toddler experiments in order to see what will happen is an example of ____. What stage can this be found?

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Little Scientist

Question 33

Jacqueline observed another toddler who got into a terrible temper. He screamed as he tried to get out of a playpen and pushed it backward, stamping his feet. Jacqueline stood watching him in amazement, never having witnessed such a scene before. The next day, she herself screamed screamed in her playpen and tried to move it, stamping her foot lightly several times in succession. Piaget would call this stage six accomplishment ___.

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Deferred Imitation

Question 34

What technique measures electrical activity in the top layers of the brain, where the cortex is?

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Question 35

What technique notes the amplitude and frequency of electrical activity (as shown by brain waves) in specific parts of the cortex in reaction to various stimuli?

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ERP (event-related potential)

Question 36

What technique measures changes in blood flow anywhere in the brain (not just the outer layers)?

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fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)

Question 37

What technique PET (like fMRI) reveals activity in various parts of the brain. Locations can be pinpointed with precision, but PET requires injection of radioactive dye to light up the active parts of the brain?

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PET (positron emission tomography)

Question 38

Cells in an observer's brain that respond to an action performed by someone else in the same way they would if the observer had actually performed that action is called ___.

Answer 38

Mirror Neurons

Question 39

A perspective that compares human thinking processes, by analogy, to computer analysis of data, including sensory input, connections, stored memories, and output is defined as ___.

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Information-processing theory

Question 40

Carolyn Rovee-Collier, developed another experiment. Two weeks after the initial training, the infants watched the mobile move but were not tied to it and were positioned so that they could not kick. This experience of looking, but not kicking is called a ____.

Answer 40

Reminder Session

Question 41

Bianca's mother uses higher pitch, simpler words, repetition, varied speeds, and exaggerated emotional tones she speaks to her this is an example of ___.

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Child-directed speech

Question 42

Jeff started saying ma-ma-ma-ma lately, Jeff is ___.

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Babbling

Question 43

Dada! Dada? Dada are examples of ___.

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Holophrase

Question 44

Chomsky's term for a hypothesized mental structure that enables humans to learn language, including the basic aspects of grammar. vocabulary, and intonation is called ___.

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Language acquisition device (LAD)

Question 45

Genetic composition is called ____.

Answer 45

Genotype

Question 46

Physical manifestation of your genetic composition like the sound of your voice is called___

Answer 46

Phenotype

Question 47

Any variation is called ____

Answer 47

Allele

Question 48

Who said that there is always an interaction between genes and the environment?

Answer 48

Sandra Scarr

Question 49

George is always looking for opportunities to play basketball with people in the neighborhood. George is being ___.

Answer 49

Active

Question 50

Luke sees other kids outside playing soccer so he goes out to join them this is an example of ___.

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Passive

Question 51

Brian is always kicking all around the house so his parents decided to buy him a soccer ball. This is an example of ____.

Answer 51

Evocative

Question 52

People deciding on an idea based on perception as a group is known as a ____.

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Social construction

Question 53

Rapid cell division is found in what stage?

Answer 53

Germinal

Question 54

Head tail (no spine yet), fingers and toes separate (at the end)is found in what stage?

Answer 54

The Embryonic Period

Question 55

Digestive system, body form, 22 weeks the baby is viable every week the baby life is secure found in what stage?

Answer 55

The Fetal Period

Question 56

Any agent or condition that can impair prenatal development is called ___.

Answer 56

Teratogen

Question 57

Cigarettes, alcohol and stress are examples of ___.

Answer 57

Teratogen

Question 58

A basic building block of our nerve system part of the cell body is called ___.

Answer 58

Neuron

Question 59

This is found at the end of the cell body to connect to the other cell bodies.

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Dendrites

Question 60

Electric impulse ---> axon -->

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Neurotransmitter releases

Question 61

Connects the dendrites (neurotransmitters) go across that gap to connect to the next body generating new impulses is called ___.

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Synapse gap

Question 62

Forming synapse is called ___.

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Synaptogenesis

Question 63

This clothes the axon and speeds up the impulse in brain.

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Myelin Sheath

Question 64

Forming of myelin around the axon neuron is called ___.

Answer 64

Myelination

Question 65

One of the ways babies interact with the world is through __.

Answer 65

Reflexes

Question 66

The world of the infant is blooming buzzing confusing was said by?

Answer 66

William James

Question 67

When can babies hear?

Answer 67

Last trimester

Question 68

Babies can even walk but the ability hides until what age?

Answer 68

Age one

Question 69

Gloria is watching Bianca play in her classroom and watches the way she interacts with the other children. This is an example of ___.

Answer 69

Naturalistic observation

Question 70

Gloria gave Bianca an alarm clock to see what does with it is an example of ___.

Answer 70

Clinical Interview

Question 71

A server says "Hello, my name is Joe what drink may I offer you?" Since this was expected, this is an example of a ___.

Answer 71

Schemas

Question 72

Who said schemas are built from activity and doing things ___.

Answer 72

Piaget

Question 73

How change happens in what theory?

Answer 73

Cognitive

Question 74

A child learns the word for dog, they start to call all four-legged animals dogs this is called ___/

Answer 74

Assimilation

Question 75

The schema for dog then gets modified to restrict it to only certain four-legged animals is called ___.

Answer 75

Accomodation

Question 76

The nature of thinking is qualitatively different at each stage is called ___.

Answer 76

Stages of Development

Question 77

Children are learning to coordinate their senses and actions. Types of actions "repeated actions" circular -Concerned with the child's own body -involving objects -actions are intentionally varied to see what effect they will have on objects ex. Chewing fist, play with their toes. "drop something and you pick it up" is all under what stage?

Answer 77

Sensorimotor (0-2 years)

Question 78

This develops a child's ability to mentally represent ___.

Answer 78

Object permanence

Question 79

Who found out that babies understand the objects and their relationship. Also that babies can represent the event and remember at an earlier age?

Answer 79

Rovee Collier