developmental psychology

Question 1

developmental psychology

Answer 1

study of how people change

Question 2

rooting reflex

Answer 2

turning head towards source of touching anywhere around baby’s mouth

Question 3

grasping reflex

Answer 3

clinging response to a touch on the palm

Question 4

Moro reflex

Answer 4

when startled, baby will fling their limbs out and then quickly retract

Question 5

Babinski reflex

Answer 5

toes fan out when bottom of foot is stroked

Question 6

nature

Answer 6

inheritance, heredity. what you are born with

Question 7

nurture

Answer 7

learned, environment. how you are raised

Question 8

Harlow’s animal attachment theory

Answer 8

attachment or human bonding in infants is a powerful survival impulse. bond because of bodily contact

Question 9

authoritarian parenting style

Answer 9

parent imposes rules. strict

Question 10

authoritative parenting style

Answer 10

children participate in decision making. parent has final say

Question 11

permissive parenting style

Answer 11

children have final say. parent takes on role of friend

Question 12

uninvolved parenting style

Answer 12

parent emotionally detached

Question 13

critical period for attachment

Answer 13

time when new skills and abilities are most easily learned.

Question 14

when circumstances prevent a child from forming attachments, child can become:

Answer 14

withdrawn, frightened, unable to develop speech