Vocab

Question 1

Zygotes

Answer 1

Fertilized egg, which will go through a two week period of cell division in order to become an embryo.

Question 2

Embryo

Answer 2

A zygote’s inner cell and a developing human organism after 2 weeks of fertilization.

Question 3

Fetus

Answer 3

When the embryo starts to look human like and is developing after 9 weeks after conception and birth.

Question 4

Teratogens

Answer 4

They are harmful chemicals and viruses that could harm the embryo and fetus if those substances reach them during prenatal development.

Question 5

Reflexes

Answer 5

Is an involuntary movement and action that is developed during birth.

Question 6

Maturation

Answer 6

Is biological growth that creates change behavior, but relatively uninfluenced by experience.

Question 7

Cognition

Answer 7

Mental thoughts that develop thinking, communicating, knowing, and remembering.

Question 8

Assimilate

Answer 8

Identifying a new experience in terms of one’s existing schemas.

Question 9

Accommodate

Answer 9

Adapting a current schema in order to process new information.

Question 10

Stranger Anxiety

Answer 10

Fear of Strangers that start to display around 8 months of age.

Question 11

Attachment

Answer 11

An emotional connection to another person which is shown in younger children and is upset when separated.

Question 12

Critical Period

Answer 12

A period after birth when an organism’s exposure to certain stimuli which produces proper development.

Question 13

Imprinting

Answer 13

When animals form connections during an important period very early in life.

Question 14

Basic Trust

Answer 14

Which was developed by Erik Erikson, tells that the world is predictable and can be trusted which forms during infancy with appropriate experiences.

Question 15

Identity

Answer 15

A person’s sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.

Question 16

Crystalized Intelligence

Answer 16

Knowledge and verbal skills; and increases in age.

Question 17

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 17

To form reason at a fast rate and solve logical problems.

Question 18

Schemas

Answer 18

Concept or Framework that organizes and interprets information.

Question 19

Disequilibrium

Answer 19

Feelings of unease occur when the encounter does not match the child’s understanding or readiness.

Question 20

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 20

From Birth to 2 years. Reflexes are added onto and motor skills develop (hear, taste, watch, touch things around them,grasping, sucking, and sitting up, and more).

Question 21

Object Permanence

Answer 21

When a child realizes that an object exists, but they cannot see or touch it.

Question 22

Preoperational Stage

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From 2 to 7 years. Pretend play and cognition drives language development. Apply language to learning and believe in Egocentrism which means that they perceive things from their own perspective.

Question 23

Conservation

Answer 23

When children use logical thinking to determine a certain quantity. Based on how they perceive size, proportions, container, shape during the Concrete Operational stage.

Question 24

Theory of Mind:

Answer 24

Is a part of the Preoperational stage that MUST BE ACHIEVED. Is the idea that we have the ability to think about the mind of others and how situations can impact a way the person acts based on what they think of feeling.

Question 25

Concrete Operational Stage:

Answer 25

From 7 to 12 years. Along with their development of language, they are trying to manipulate certain objects in their mind. Thinking in concrete terms.

Question 26

Formal Operational Stage

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From 12 years and beyond. The child can now formulate and perceive abstract concepts as well as gain a developing understanding of relationships, politics, religion, as well as reason about hypothetical problems.

Question 27

Internalization

Answer 27

Development when information is taken from outside and inside the environment. Causes certain behavior based on what they took in and has an inner voice that internalizes their culture’s language.

Question 28

ZPD (Zoning of Proximal Development)

Answer 28

Is a range between abilities a child shows and abilities they gain when placed in an appropriate environment.

Question 29

Mere Exposure

Answer 29

Having a preference for something based on their familiarity with it.

Question 30

Resilience

Answer 30

To cope from a particular crisis and protect oneself from stress or negative factors.