Unit 3

Question 0

Embryo

Answer 0

Cells attach to uterine wall

Question 1

Zygote

Answer 1

From conception to 2wks

Cell division

Question 2

Fetus

Answer 2

Developing human organism

Question 3

Teratogens

Answer 3

Harmful agents that harm the embryo/fetus

Question 4

Fetal alcohol syndrome

Answer 4

Due to moms overuse of alcohol; baby will have delayed development, low birth weight, small head

Question 5

Habituation

Answer 5

Decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentation

Question 6

Maturation

Answer 6

When an organism reaches full development

Question 7

Cognition

Answer 7

Our mental processes or mental ability

Question 8

Schema

Answer 8

Concept or framework that organized & interprets info

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

To make new info fit into existing schemas

Question 10

Accommodation

Answer 10

To adjust your schema to fit into new info

Question 11

Sensory motor stage

Answer 11

• Piaget
• birth-2yrs
• stranger&separation anxiety
• lack object permanence

Question 12

Object permance

Answer 12

The understanding that an object continues to exist even when not seen

Question 13

Preoperational stage

Answer 13

• Piaget
• 2-6yrs
• egocentric
• animism& pretend play

Question 14

Conservation

Answer 14

Changing the form of a subject doesn’t change the amount

Question 15

Egocentrism

Answer 15

ME ME ME

Question 16

Theory of mind

Answer 16

The ability to attribute mental states

Question 17

Concrete operational stage

Answer 17

Develop law of conservation
Can think logically
Grouping

Question 18

Formal operational stage

Answer 18

Abstract and ideological thinking

Question 19

Autism

Answer 19

A pervasive developmental disorder in children.

Characterized by impaired social communication

Question 20

Stranger anxiety

Answer 20

When you’re scared of strangers

Question 21

Attachment

Answer 21

When you’re emotionally and physically attached

Question 22

Critical period

Answer 22

Phase in life when the brain is intensely adapting to te senses

Question 23

Imprinting

Answer 23

Come to recognize parent or object of trust

Question 24

Basic trust

Answer 24

When u trust someone for comfort&nourishment

Question 25

Self concept

Answer 25

How you

Question 26

X chromosome

Answer 26

Lady chromosome

Question 27

Y chromosome

Answer 27

Male chromosome

Question 28

Testosterone

Answer 28

Male hormone controlling further male development

Question 29

Gender identity

Answer 29

What does it mean to be a man or woman

Question 30

Gender typing

Answer 30

Stereotypical gender roles

Question 31

Social learning theory

Answer 31

Learning from social interactions

Question 32

Primary sex characteristics

Answer 32

Sex organs! OMG

Question 33

Secondary sex characteristics

Answer 33

Non reproductive characteristics

Question 34

Menarche

Answer 34

First period

Question 35

Menopause

Answer 35

Stoping of periods

Question 36

Cross-sectional study

Answer 36

A study in which people of different ages are compared to one another

Question 37

Longitudinal study

Answer 37

Research in which the same people are se studied & retested over a long period

Question 38

Crystal Intelligence

Answer 38

Ones accumulated knowledge & verbal skills; tends to increase with age

Question 39

Fluid intelligence

Answer 39

Ones ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood