Development Chart Vocab

Question 1

What is a zygote?

Answer 1

Fertilized egg, rapid cell division. 0-2 weeks.

Question 2

What are genes?

Answer 2

Things we inherit from parents.

Question 3

What is an embryo?

Answer 3

Developing human organism. 2-8/9 weeks. (Vital organs)

Question 4

What is a fetus?

Answer 4

Still developing human organism. 9 weeks-9 months. (More human characteristics)

Question 5

What are teratogens?

Answer 5

Any substance/chemical that can harm the baby.

Question 6

What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 6

Physical and cognitive abnormalities from consuming alcohol while pregnant.

Question 7

What is the rooting reflex?

Answer 7

Brush cheek, turn for food.

Question 8

What is the grasping reflex?

Answer 8

Latch onto things tightly with hands.

Question 9

What is the stepping reflex?

Answer 9

Touch foot, bring knee to chest.

Question 10

What is the Babinski reflex?

Answer 10

Touch foot, toes flare and curl.

Question 11

What is the Moro reflex?

Answer 11

When falling, flare arms, arch back.

Question 12

What is maturation?

Answer 12

Developing over time.

Question 13

What is a critical period?

Answer 13

Specific time frame things should happen.

Question 14

What are schemas?

Answer 14

Mental framework.

Question 15

What is assimilation?

Answer 15

Add new info to framework.

Question 16

What is accommodation?

Answer 16

New info changes framework.

Question 17

What is the sensorimotor stage?

Answer 17

Birth-2. Experiencing the world through senses and movement.

Object Permanence: Things still exist away from them.

Question 18

What is the preoperational stage?

Answer 18

2-6/7. Learning language and attempting logic.

Conservation: Understanding mass, volume, and number don’t change when changing shape.

Egocentrism: They are unable to see things from others perspective.

Question 19

What is the concrete operational stage?

Answer 19

6/7–11. Using concrete logic (taking things literal).

Question 20

What is the formal operational stage?

Answer 20

12ish–Adulthood. Abstract logic (thinking outside the box).

Question 21

What is attachment?

Answer 21

Emotional tie to caregiver.

Question 22

What is stranger anxiety?

Answer 22

Starts around 8 months. A fear of strangers.

Question 23

What is imprinting?

Answer 23

Emotional tie during critical period.

Question 24

What is authoritarian parenting?

Answer 24

Strict. Warmth: Low, Discipline: High, P>C- High, C>P- Low.

Question 25

What is permissive parenting?

Answer 25

Friendship. Warmth: High, Discipline: Low, P>C: Low, C>P: High.

Question 26

What is authoritative parenting?

Answer 26

Partnership. Warmth: High, Discipline: Medium, P>C: High, C>P: High.

Question 27

What is negligent parenting?

Answer 27

Independence. Warmth: Low, Discipline: Low, P>C: Low, C>P: Medium.