Chapter 9

Question 1

What is a Zygote?

Answer 1

A Fertilized egg

Question 2

When does the Life Cycle Begin?

Answer 2

At the Zygote Stage

Question 3

How does a Zygote Form?

Answer 3

When a sperm cell unites with an egg

Question 4

At what weeks is the Zygote stage?

Answer 4

First two weeks

Question 5

At what week is the Embryo Stage?

Answer 5

2-8 Weeks

Question 6

What happens to the Zygote during the embryo stage

Answer 6

The Zygotes inner cells become the Embryo and the Other cells become the placenta

Question 7

At what weeks are the Fetus Stage

Answer 7

8-40 Weeks

Question 8

At what stage do Body Organs begin to form and function during pregnancy?

Answer 8

Fetus

Question 9

At what stage and week is a baby recognizably human?

Answer 9

Fetus and 9 Weeks

Question 10

What are the four types of Schema?

Answer 10

Object/Place Schema
Person Schema
Self Schema
Event Schema

Question 11

What is a Schema?

Answer 11

Schemas are the way children Represent Knowledge

Question 12

What is Object/pLace Schema?

Answer 12

Knowledge structure about an object or place

Question 13

What is Person Schema?

Answer 13

Knowledge about other people
Their…
- Race
- Age
- Gender -
- Occupation
Etc…

Question 14

What is Self Schema?

Answer 14

Knowledge about yourself

Question 15

What is Event Schema?

Answer 15

How you remember routines and event sequences

Question 16

What are the Three Adaption mechanisms that drive children’s cognitive growth?

Answer 16

Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibrium

Question 17

What is Assimilation?

Answer 17

Accepting any new Knowledge

Question 18

What is Accomodation?

Answer 18

Accommodating any Incorrect knowledge

Question 19

What is Equilibrium?

Answer 19

Equaling out any new knowledge with contradicting old knowledge
(Sensorimotor Stage)

Question 20

What is Object permanence?

Answer 20

The Understanding that Objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight.

Question 21

What is egocentrism?

Answer 21

When children display difficulty seeing things from others perspectives
(Preoperational Stage)

Question 22

What is Conservation?

Answer 22

When a child understands that certain physical characteristics of objects remain constant, even when their appearance changes.\

Question 23

What is Reversibility?

Answer 23

The Ability to mentally reverse or undo an action, proccess, or operation

Question 24

What is a example of the conservation ability?

Answer 24

Presenting a child with two differently shaped beakers

Filling one up

Pouring one beaker into the other one

If the child still believes they have the same amount of water then they have the conservation ability

Question 25

What is a example of reversibility?

Answer 25

When a child realizes that a gallon of milk can be poured into a glass and the child understand you can pour it back into the gallon and it be unchanged

Question 26

What is Reasoning?

Answer 26

The Ability to think abstractly and hypothetically.

Question 27

What is Puberty?

Answer 27

A Hallmark of adolescence

Question 28

What are some effects of puberty?

Answer 28

- Growth Spurt - Secondary Sex Characteristics - Fertility achieved - Skin Changes - Brain Changes

Question 29

What is Identity Confusion?

Answer 29

The Crisis During Adolescence about their place in society

Question 30

What are Newborn Reflexes?

Answer 30

Automatic Inborn behaviors that occur in response to specific stimuli Behaviors That do not have to be learned

Question 31

What are some examples of newborn reflexes?

Answer 31

Rooting Sucking Swallowing

Question 32

What are the four stages of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory?

Answer 32

Sensorimotor Preoperational Concrete Operational Formal Operational

Question 33

What is Age Range and Cognitive Milestone of Sensorimotor?

Answer 33

Age: 0-2 MS: Object Permanence

Question 34

What is Age Range and Cognitive Milestone of Preoperational?

Answer 34

Age:2-7 MS: Egocentrism

Question 35

What is Age Range and Cognitive Milestone of Concrete Operational?

Answer 35

Age: 7-11 MS: Conservation

Question 36

What is Age Range and Cognitive Milestone of Formal Operational?

Answer 36

Age: Over 11 MS: Reasoning

Question 37

What is the characteristic of Sensorimotor?

Answer 37

Experience the world through senses and actions

Question 38

What is the characteristic of Preoperational?

Answer 38

Symbolic play; intuitive thinking

Question 39

What is the characteristic of Concrete Operational?

Answer 39

Logical thinking about concrete things

Question 40

What is the characteristic of Formal Operational?

Answer 40

Abstract Logic

Question 41

What are some Criticisms of Piaget's Theory

Answer 41

* Underestimate children's cognitive abilities * Cultural biases * Individual differences * Progression may be gradual and continuous rather than stage-like * Neglect social and emotional factors

Question 42

What is attachment?

Answer 42

The deep emotional bond between a child and their primary caregiver

Question 43

What are some attachment styles?

Answer 43

Secure Attachment Insecure-Avoidant Attachment Insecure-Ambivalent/Resistant Attachment Disorganized Attachment

Question 44

What is a Secure Attachment Style?

Answer 44

- Infants are confident in the parents presence and protection -Seeks physical contact when reunited with parents and readily returns to exploration and play

Question 45

What is a Insecure-Avoidant Attachment?

Answer 45

- Upon Reunion the child actively avoids and ignores the parent

Question 46

What is a Insecure-Ambivalent/Resistant Attachment?

Answer 46

The Parent is not able to effectily alleviate the Infants distress after returining

Question 47

What is a disorganized Attachment style?

Answer 47

Infant shows a signs of disorganization or disorientation

Question 48

Where do attachment styles come from?

Answer 48

Mary Ainsworth Experiment: Strange Situation Paradigm

Question 49

What was the purpose of Mary Ainsworth Experiment?

Answer 49

To Measure children's attachment to their parents

Question 51

What is the order of Piagets 4 stages?

Answer 51

Sensorimotor (0-2 years) Pre operational (2-7) Concrete operational (7-11) Formal operational (11-💀)