Development

Question 1

What is developmental psychology

Answer 1

Study of the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout life

Question 2

Nature-nurture issue

Answer 2

The issue of the degree to which environment and heredity influence behavior

Question 3

Identical twins

Answer 3

Twins who are genetically identical

Question 4

Cross-sectional research

Answer 4

A research method that compares people of different ages at the same point in time

Question 5

Longitudinal research

Answer 5

A research method that investigates behavior as a participants age

Question 6

How could genes and the environment interact?

Answer 6

They interact by influencing behavior

Question 7

What are pros and coms of cross-sectional research? Longitudinal research?

Answer 7

Some cons of cross-sectional research is that not all kids are the same so they might get different results. A pro is that it can be done all at once.
A pro of longitudinal research is that it has more accurate results. A con is it takes more time and money to accomplish.

Question 8

Chromosomes

Answer 8

Rod-shaped structures that contain all basic hereditary information

Question 9

Genes

Answer 9

Parts of the chromosomes through which genetic information is transmitted

Question 10

Zygote

Answer 10

A new cell formed by the union of an egg and sperm.
First two weeks

Question 11

Embryo

Answer 11

A developed zygote that has a heart, a bran, and other organs
Weeks 2-8

Question 12

Fetus

Answer 12

A developing individual from 8 weeks after conception until birth
8 weeks- birth

Question 13

Age of viability

Answer 13

The point at which a fetus can survive if born prematurely— at about prenatal age 22 weeks

Question 14

What are a zygote, fetus, and embryo?

Answer 14

A zygote is a cell formed by sperm and an egg
An embryo is a developed zygote with some organs
A fetus is a developing individual

Question 15

How are DNA, genes, and chromosomes related?

Answer 15

Chromosomes contain all basic heredity information that genes and DNA use. Chromosomes are composed of sequences of DNA

Question 16

Relfexes

Answer 16

Unlearned, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli

Question 17

Habituation

Answer 17

The decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus

Question 18

I think that infants get us aged to the music they hear in their environment. How could i test this hypothesis?

Answer 18

Check to see if the infant responds to the music or uses their reflexes

Question 19

Attachment

Answer 19

The positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual

Question 20

Imprinting

Answer 20

Behavior that takes place during a critical period and involves attachment to the first moving object observed

Question 21

Securely attached children

Answer 21

Employ the mother as a home base from which they explore ; when she leaves, they are distressed; when she returns, they go to her

Question 22

Avoidant children

Answer 22

Not upset when mom leaves, avoid her when she comes back

Question 23

Ambivalent children

Answer 23

Upset when mom leaves, but ambivalent at return

Question 24

Disorganized-disoriented children

Answer 24

Inconsistent and contradictory behavior

Question 25

Describe a securely attached child and a ambivalent child

Answer 25

A securely attached child stays with mom in any surroundings and does not tend to wander far. An ambivalent child can do without the mom but once she leaves, they cry for her

Question 26

What did Harlow’s studies with monkeys suggest

Answer 26

Even when something provides a basic need for us, we still want something warm and friendly

Question 27

Authoritarian

Answer 27

Rigid, punitive, strict standards

Question 28

Permissive

Answer 28

Lax, inconsistent, undemanding

Question 29

Authoritative

Answer 29

Firm, sets limits and goals, use reasoning, encourages independence