More detailed midterm Flashcards
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is piaget’s theory continuous or discontinuous?
discontinuous
Piaget’s first stage focuses on
the importance of infants and how they “think” by acting on the world with their eyes, ears, hands, and mouth. (iitaw)
Erikson’s Theory focuses on
the resolution of psychosocial crisis throughout the lifespan
the microsystem consists of
activities and interaction patterns in the child’s immediate surroundings. (AiPis)
self-actualization needs
to find self-fulfillment and realize one’s potential
According to Howard Gardner,
intelligence is not knowledge or information, but what individuals can do, build, make or create (DBMC)
typical child development is a field of study devoted to understanding…
constancy and change from conception through adolescense. (CCCA)
During the first six months of life, learning is dominated by…
behaviors and movements linked to reflexes (BMLR)
mylelintion
improves the efficiency of a message transfer along the neuron (IEMT)
most significant change during sensorimotor period
the shift from reflective behaviors to motor patterns (Rb to MP)
fontanelles…
permit the skull bones to overlap during childbirth
In classical conditioning, if learning has occured,
the neutral stimulus alone produces a conditional response
Research subject’s rights
protection from harm, informed consent, privacy, knowledge of results, beneficial treatments (PIPKB)
phenotype
pattern of inheritance in which both alleles are expressed
most invasive prenatal diagnosis
chronic villus sampling
low birth weight is most commonly associated with
tobacco use
period of the zygote ends with
implantation on the wall of the uterus
most susceptible system of the human body during gestation
central nervous system
assimilation is most likely to occur when
the child is at play
maternal age is the most often linked factor to
down syndrome
how many chromosomes do somatic cells contain?
46, 23 pairs
what is the determining factor of the gender of a child?
chromosomes contributed by the male
according to piaget, a scheme is..
an action pattern
parents and caregivers are found in what system?
microsystem
