Unit 3 Topic 3.2 - Physical Development Across the Lifespan

Question 1

Teratogens

Answer 1

Are agents, such as viruses and drugs, that can cause birth defects or development abnormalities in a developing embryo or fetus when it is exposed during pregnancy

Question 2

Fine Motor Coordination

Answer 2

SMALL muscle movements

Ex: grasping or writing

Question 3

Gross Motor Movements

Answer 3

LARGE muscle movements

Ex: walking or running

Question 4

Rooting Reflex

Answer 4

An infant’s automatic response to turn toward a touch on the cheek

Question 5

Visual Cliff Apparatus Experiment

Answer 5

Study assessing depth perception in infants

Question 6

Imprint

Answer 6

A process where some animals attach to the first moving object they see

Question 7

Primary and Secondary Sex Characteristics

Answer 7

Traits related to reproduction and puberty. PRIMARY are directly involved in reproduction, secondary features are not directly related to reproduction

EX: organs, testes, ovaries and facial hair, deeper voice, wider hips, breast development

Question 8

Menarche

Answer 8

First menstrual period, marking the onset of puberty in females

Question 9

Spermarche

Answer 9

First ejaculation in males

Question 10

Menopause

Answer 10

The biological stage of life in which reproductive capacity declines and finally ceases, typically occurs bewteen 45-55 years of age, changes in levels of estrogen and progesterone