More detailed midterm

Question 1

is piaget’s theory continuous or discontinuous?

Answer 1

discontinuous

Question 2

Piaget’s first stage focuses on

Answer 2

the importance of infants and how they “think” by acting on the world with their eyes, ears, hands, and mouth. (iitaw)

Question 3

Erikson’s Theory focuses on

Answer 3

the resolution of psychosocial crisis throughout the lifespan

Question 4

the microsystem consists of

Answer 4

activities and interaction patterns in the child’s immediate surroundings. (AiPis)

Question 5

self-actualization needs

Answer 5

to find self-fulfillment and realize one’s potential

Question 6

According to Howard Gardner,

Answer 6

intelligence is not knowledge or information, but what individuals can do, build, make or create (DBMC)

Question 7

typical child development is a field of study devoted to understanding…

Answer 7

constancy and change from conception through adolescense. (CCCA)

Question 8

During the first six months of life, learning is dominated by…

Answer 8

behaviors and movements linked to reflexes (BMLR)

Question 9

mylelintion

Answer 9

improves the efficiency of a message transfer along the neuron (IEMT)

Question 10

most significant change during sensorimotor period

Answer 10

the shift from reflective behaviors to motor patterns (Rb to MP)

Question 11

fontanelles…

Answer 11

permit the skull bones to overlap during childbirth

Question 12

In classical conditioning, if learning has occured,

Answer 12

the neutral stimulus alone produces a conditional response

Question 13

Research subject’s rights

Answer 13

protection from harm, informed consent, privacy, knowledge of results, beneficial treatments (PIPKB)

Question 14

phenotype

Answer 14

pattern of inheritance in which both alleles are expressed

Question 15

most invasive prenatal diagnosis

Answer 15

chronic villus sampling

Question 16

low birth weight is most commonly associated with

Answer 16

tobacco use

Question 17

period of the zygote ends with

Answer 17

implantation on the wall of the uterus

Question 18

most susceptible system of the human body during gestation

Answer 18

central nervous system

Question 19

assimilation is most likely to occur when

Answer 19

the child is at play

Question 20

maternal age is the most often linked factor to

Answer 20

down syndrome

Question 21

how many chromosomes do somatic cells contain?

Answer 21

46, 23 pairs

Question 22

what is the determining factor of the gender of a child?

Answer 22

chromosomes contributed by the male

Question 23

according to piaget, a scheme is..

Answer 23

an action pattern

Question 24

parents and caregivers are found in what system?

Answer 24

microsystem

Question 25

Each individual’s zone of proximal development is compromised of..

Answer 25

activities that can be accomplished with support from others

Question 26

what does a phenotype result in?

Answer 26

a combined trait, or one that is intermediate between the two. (ct)