Human Development

Question 1

Prenatal Period

Answer 1

from conception to birth, typically a nine month period

Question 2

What are the three stages of the prenatal period?

Answer 2

1. germinal stage (first two weeks)
2. embryonic stage (2 weeks to 2nd month)
3. fetal stage (2 months to birth)

Question 3

What is developed during the germinal stage?

Answer 3

• the zygote through the fertilization of the sperm and the egg fusing together.
• the placenta when the fertilized egg implants into your uterine wall

Question 4

What does the placenta do?

Answer 4

Allows oxygen and nutrients to pass into the fetus through the mother’s bloodstream and waste from the baby to pass through the mother

Question 5

What starts to develop during the Embryonic stage

Answer 5

The baby becomes an embryo and the heart, spine, and brain begin to form.

Question 6

What is the age of viability during the fetal stage?

Answer 6

Between 23-25 weeks, this is the age where the baby could survive if it was born prematurely

Question 7

When is the baby most vulnerable to injury

Answer 7

embryonic stage

Question 8

What is a teratogen?

Answer 8

any agent that causes an abnormality in the fetus during pregnacy
EX: Drugs, alcohol, chemicals and toxic substances

Question 9

What is Jean Piaget’s theory?

Answer 9

His theory is on cognative development and how children develop intellectually throughout the course of childhood.

Question 10

What are the 4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?

Answer 10

1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete operational
4. Formal operational

Question 11

4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?

Stage 1: Sensorimotor

Answer 11

From birth to 18-24 months old

the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed.

Question 12

4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?

Stage 2: Preoperational

Answer 12

from 2 to 7 years

Relates objects and events to self and imagination develops

Question 13

4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?

Stage 3: Concrete Operational

Answer 13

from 7 to 11 years old

the development of logical thought.

Question 14

4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive development?

Stage 4: Formal Operational

Answer 14

from 12 to adulthood

Abilituy to use reason and logic

Question 15

What was Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development for?

Answer 15

how children learn and develop a sense of morality

Question 16

Kohlberg’s

What are the three levels of moral development?

Answer 16

Preconventional - Stage 1 & 2
Conventional - Stage 3 & 4
Postconventional - Stage 5 & 6

Question 17

Level 1: Preconventional Morality

Answer 17

children make moral judgements solely on the basis of anticipated punishments and rewards

Question 18

Level 2: Conventional Morality

Answer 18

understands the importance of others and the basic principles of respect, fairness, and agency

Question 19

Level 3: Postconventional Morality

Answer 19

an individual makes choices based on their own personal beliefs, even society is against

Question 20

What was Erickson’s theory

Answer 20

• each stage of life is associated with a specific psychological struggle
• focused on adolesencse
• had 8 stages