PSY Unit 2 Learning Objectives Flashcards
The first 2 years
Infants grow most rapidly in the first ____ years of life.
Two
The first 2 years
Typical 2 year olds are ________ their adult height and about _____ their adult
weight
half, 1/5
1st 2 years
What concept explains how infant development will increase beyond normal ranges over time to meet the expected height/weight range for age?
Catch-up growth
What natural process correlates with typical brain maturation, learning, emotion regulation, academic success, and physiological adjustment?
Regular and ample sleep
1st 2 years
An infants ______ ______ begin in the first few months.
sleep habits
Devlopment via interaction of genes and care-giving. Nature/Nurture.
Sleep
Newborns sleep ___ - ___ hours a day.
15-17
Sleep
Sleep varies not only because of biology (maturation and genes), but
also because of ________.
caregiving
nature/nurture
Sleep
Up to 50% of sleep time for babies is ____ sleep. By months, _____ _____ sleep increases.
REM, Slow wave
sleep
Deep sleep in which brain waves are very slow is _____ _____ sleep.
Slow wave
Sleep
When babies sleep in close proximity to their caregiver it is called _________
co-sleeping
Sleep
When caregivers share their immediate bed/sleep area it is called ____.
bed-sharing
Sleep
Bed sharing is more safe and calculated when in countries where it is ______ ______.
more common
Sleep
Which country prefers co-sleeping over most other countries that prefer bed-sharing?
USA
Sleep
What are two continents where bed-sharing is almost always preferred?
Asia, Africa
Brain
The brain consist of four lobes. List all four.
Frontal, Temporal, Parietal, Occipital
The ________ lobe is generally where higher executive functions including emotional regulation, planning, reasoning and problem solving occur
frontal
Brain
Areas in the ________ lobe are responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain.
parietal
Brain
The ____________ lobe also contains regions dedicated to processing sensory information, particularly important for hearing, recognising language, and forming memories
temporal
Brain
The ________ lobe is the major visual processing centre in the brain
Occipital
Brain
Pleasure and pain may arise from another region of the brain, called the _________ _________ a cluster deep in the forebrain that is crucial for emotions and motivation.
Lymbic System
Amygdala, Hippocampus, (& hypothalamus and pituitary)
Brain
The volume of the cortex ____ in size from birth to age 2.
triples
Brain
Pruning increases brain potential how?
Removing unnecessary neurons and synapses from the brain increases its efficiency. Less material to sift through is faster. Only necessary parts are kept.
Rose pruning shapes development of the plant.
________ knowledge includes the understanding that gravity makes objects fall, moving objects are stopped by a solid wall, and adult gaze signals important info.
Core
________ Circular Reactions deals with the first two sensorimotor stages dealing with infant’s responses to their own body.
Primary
_________ Circular Reactions deals with how baby responds to objects and people.
Secondary
________ Circular Reactions deal with action and creative ideas through active experimentation and new means through mental combinations.
Tertiary
_________ reactions emphasize how each experience leads to the next; looping back.
Circular
What happens in the first stage of primary circular reactions, known as simple reflexes?
Reflexes become deliberate; sensation leads to perception, to cognition, and cognition back to sensation in what stage of Piaget’s sensorimotor theory?
The second stage of circular reactions, called ________ ________ __________, begins as the baby’s mind adapts to whatever responses their reflexes elicit.
first acquired adaptations
(where assimilation/accommodation occurs)
____________Circular Reactions occur between baby and something else.
Secondary
What happens in the third stage of Piaget’s sensorimotor stages, when babies become more visually attentive to people in the room?
Making interesting sights last.
Babies gain object permanence in what stage of the sensorimotor stages? This is also called “means to an end.”
New adaptation and anticipation.
Piaget describes the concept that objects or people continue to exist when they are not visible, also known as ________ __________.
Object permanence.
Stage 5 under Tertiary circular reactions is also known as what? It refers to toddlers who “experiment in order to see.”
New means through active experimentation
Stage six, a tertiary circular reaction, is known as what? They will think about consequences, also.
Mental combinations
Toddlers remember what they see and repeat it later. What is the term for this?
deferred imitation