Test 2 Study

Question 0

Ability of the brain to change in response to experience

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Plasticity

Question 1

Creation of synapses

Answer 1

Synaptogenesis

Question 2

Myelin sheaths

Answer 2

Covers axons and electrically insulates them to improve conductivity of the nerve

Question 3

Ossidication

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Bones hardening

Question 4

What cause stamina in children

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Lung development (age 2)

Question 5

What do preterm babies require?

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Special formulas that contain amino acids and fats that full-term babies can make on their own

Question 6

Kwashiorker

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Not enough protein

Question 7

SIDS

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Sudden infant death syndrome; 0-1yr; common when babies sleep on stomach; smoking; myelination progresses at a slower rate

Question 8

Salty, bitter, sweet, sour, umami

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Five basic flavors

Question 9

Senses of touch and motion

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Best developed, reflexes-rooting

Question 10

Habituation

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A decline in attention that occurs because a stimulus has become familiar

Question 11

Dishabituation

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Responding to a somewhat familiar stimulus as if it were new

Question 12

Sensorimotor stage

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Came from piaget, when infants use information from their senses and motor actions to learn about the world

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Means to and end behavior

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Sub stage 4; 8-12 months. Purposeful behavior carried out in pursuit of a specific goal

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Tertiary circular reactions

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Sub stage 5; 12-18 months. Experimental quality; different facial expression to get reaction, drop toys from different heights to hear the change in sound, etc.

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Schematic learning

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Organization of experiences into expectancies, which enable infants to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar stimuli

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Schemas

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Expectancies

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Subordinates

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Broad generalizations into categories

Question 18

Hierarchical categorization

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More in depth categorizing

Question 19

Operant conditioning- skinner’s view

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Language development begins with babbling; makes sounds similar to a word, gets praise, and makes sound/says word again

Question 20

LAD

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Language acquisition device- language processor that contains the best grammatical structure of all human language

Question 21

Infant directed speech

Answer 21

Help infants learn language better, repeat a lot of minor variations,

Question 22

Dan slobin

Answer 22

Babies are pre-programmed to pay attention to beginnings and endings of strings and sounds and to stressed sounds

Question 23

Babbling

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Occurs 6-12 months, intonation occurs (change of pitch/tone), babble sounds they hear (9-10 months)

Question 24

Telegraphic speech

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Simple two-word sentences that usually include a noun and a verb

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Freud’s psychosocial stages

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Oral fixation, symbiotic relationship

Question 26

Symbiotic relationship

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Mother + young infant act as one, receive mutual benefit

Question 27

Harlow monkey studies

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Nourishment does not equal attachment

Question 28

Synchrony

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A mutual, interlocking pattern of attachment behaviors shared by parent and child, how baby/parent respond to eachother

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Stranger anxiety

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Starts 6 to 8 months, ends with first birthday

Question 30

Secure attachment

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Prefers mother over stranger

Question 31

Depressed mother

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Babies nurse less

Question 32

Easy temperament

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Easy children: 40% of infants; approach new events positively, predictable sleeping eating patterns, happy, easily adjust to change