Child Psychology (DEP 2002) Midterm
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"blank tablet" - ✔✔the idea, proposed by John Locke, that children are like a "blank
tablet", "Tabula Risa"
developmental psychology - ✔✔the study of how children change over the course of
their development
hypothesis - ✔✔a specific assumption or prediction that can be tested to determine its
accuracy
Paiget's theory on the 4 stages of cognitive development - ✔✔children actively construct
their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development:
(1) sensorimotor stage, (2) preoperational stage, (3) concrete operational stage, (4)
formal operational stage
what is ethology? - ✔✔behavior that is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to
evolution, and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods
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, descriptive research - ✔✔a research design that has the purpose of recording and
observing behavior
down syndrome - ✔✔a chromosomally transmitted form of mental retardation, cause
by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21
neurons - ✔✔nerve cells which handle information processing at the cellular level
what are neurons? - ✔✔nerve cells which handle information processing at the cellular
level
what is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? - ✔✔a cluster of abnormalities that appears in
the offspring of mothers who drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy; side effects:
cluster of birth defects, abnormal facial characteristics, slow physical growth,
compromised mental development, reduced head size
what is the third stage of birth? - ✔✔afterbirth - the placenta, umbilical cord, and other
membranes are detached and expelled
who developed natural childbirth? - ✔✔English obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read - this
method attempts to reduce the mother's pain by decreasing her fear through education
about childbirth and relaxation techniques during delivery
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Review Questions and Answers 100%
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"blank tablet" - ✔✔the idea, proposed by John Locke, that children are like a "blank
tablet", "Tabula Risa"
developmental psychology - ✔✔the study of how children change over the course of
their development
hypothesis - ✔✔a specific assumption or prediction that can be tested to determine its
accuracy
Paiget's theory on the 4 stages of cognitive development - ✔✔children actively construct
their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development:
(1) sensorimotor stage, (2) preoperational stage, (3) concrete operational stage, (4)
formal operational stage
what is ethology? - ✔✔behavior that is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to
evolution, and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods
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, descriptive research - ✔✔a research design that has the purpose of recording and
observing behavior
down syndrome - ✔✔a chromosomally transmitted form of mental retardation, cause
by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21
neurons - ✔✔nerve cells which handle information processing at the cellular level
what are neurons? - ✔✔nerve cells which handle information processing at the cellular
level
what is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? - ✔✔a cluster of abnormalities that appears in
the offspring of mothers who drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy; side effects:
cluster of birth defects, abnormal facial characteristics, slow physical growth,
compromised mental development, reduced head size
what is the third stage of birth? - ✔✔afterbirth - the placenta, umbilical cord, and other
membranes are detached and expelled
who developed natural childbirth? - ✔✔English obstetrician Grantly Dick-Read - this
method attempts to reduce the mother's pain by decreasing her fear through education
about childbirth and relaxation techniques during delivery
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