WK5 The early years

Question 1

Genotype

Answer 1

genetic characteristics

Question 2

Phenotype

Answer 2

the way the genotype is expressed in our physical characteristics

Question 3

pregnancy/gestation period

Answer 3

normally 38 weeks from conception

Question 4

Teratogen

Answer 4

an agent or factor causing malformation of the foetus

Question 5

examples of teratogens

Answer 5

alcohol, rubella, thalidomide, drugs, radiation, virus

Question 6

teratogens are most dangerous…

Answer 6

during critical periods

Question 7

optimal conditions for learning

Answer 7

reliable environment, carers who are responsive, building trust, needs met

Question 8

experiencing sub-optimal conditions can lead to

Answer 8

learned helplessness

Question 9

physiological development in first 2 years

Answer 9

rolling over crawling, walking, relating to others, talking, interacting, learning

Question 10

Gross motor learning

Answer 10

rolling over, crawling, walking

Question 11

Social development

Answer 11

relating to others

Question 12

cognitive devlopment

Answer 12

the beginning of intelligence- talking, interacting and learning

Question 13

trust vs mistrust Erickson

Answer 13

empathetic relkationships are the basis for healthy child development

Question 14

schemas

Answer 14

categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the world

Question 15

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (sensorimotor stage 1)

Answer 15

children develop an undertsanding of the world by building up patterns of interaction

Question 16

information is taken into either…..
(stage 1)

Answer 16

reaffirm what the infant already knows or to adjust what the infant already knows

Question 17

children begin to talk at …

Answer 17

15-18 months

Question 18

(LAD)

Answer 18

language acquisition device

Question 19

Chomsky

Answer 19

childrens brains are hard-wired to produce language