Vocab

Question 1

Accommodation

Answer 1

Forces people to adapt their old concepts

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Taking information and fitting it into what you know

Question 3

Attachment

Answer 3

An affection tie between infant and caretaker

Question 4

Scheme

Answer 4

1+1=2

Question 5

Dominant gene

Answer 5

More influential than recessive gene

Can completely control phenotype with no noticeable affect on recessive gene

Question 6

Synchrony

Answer 6

Coordinated, rapid, smooth exchange of response between a caregiver and an infant

Question 7

Holophrase

Answer 7

A single word used to express a complete, meaningful thought

Question 8

Phenotype

Answer 8

Observable characteristics of an organism

Appearance, personality

Question 9

Object permanence

Answer 9

The realization that objects, including people, still exist even if we can see them

Question 10

Pruning

Answer 10

When applied to brain development the process by which unused connections in the brain atrophy and die

Question 11

Recessive gene

Answer 11

Genes that are sometimes noticeable

Dimples?

Question 12

Postpartum depression

Answer 12

Deep sadness and inadequacy felt by some new moms in the days and weeks after giving birth

Question 13

Sensitive period

Answer 13

A time when certain type of development is most likely