PY101 UAB Rothrock
developmental psychology - correct answer ✔study of physical, mental,
social changes throughout ones lifetime. Research mostly on children
Teratogens - correct answer ✔agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that
can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
Stages of prenatal development in order - correct answer ✔zygote 2wks,
embryo 3-8wks, fetus 9-38wks
Reflexes - correct answer ✔unlearned, organized involuntary responses that
occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli
rooting reflex - correct answer ✔a baby's tendency, when touched on the
cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple
sucking reflex - correct answer ✔Reflex that causes a newborn to make
sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth
grasping reflex - correct answer ✔Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp
vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand
crying when hungry reflex - correct answer ✔the newborn talent of using just
the right sounds to motivate parents to end the noise and feed the baby
Infant age range - correct answer ✔birth to 2 years
, Childhood age range - correct answer ✔2-12 years
Maturation - correct answer ✔Changes due to the natural process of aging
as determined by your genetics
Childhood locomotion sequence - correct answer ✔Lift head > Sit Up 6mo >
Crawl 8mo> Walk 12mo> Run 15mon
Experience (nurture can adjust the ______, but maturation (nature) sets the
_______. - correct answer ✔Timing; Sequence
Schema - correct answer ✔a conceptual framework a person uses to make
sense of the world
preoperational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but
does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
formal operational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people
begin to think logically about abstract concepts
concrete operational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which
children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
sensorimotor stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in
terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
developmental psychology - correct answer ✔study of physical, mental,
social changes throughout ones lifetime. Research mostly on children
Teratogens - correct answer ✔agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that
can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
Stages of prenatal development in order - correct answer ✔zygote 2wks,
embryo 3-8wks, fetus 9-38wks
Reflexes - correct answer ✔unlearned, organized involuntary responses that
occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli
rooting reflex - correct answer ✔a baby's tendency, when touched on the
cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple
sucking reflex - correct answer ✔Reflex that causes a newborn to make
sucking motions when a finger or nipple if placed in the mouth
grasping reflex - correct answer ✔Reflex that causes a newborn to grasp
vigorously any object touching the palm or fingers or placed in the hand
crying when hungry reflex - correct answer ✔the newborn talent of using just
the right sounds to motivate parents to end the noise and feed the baby
Infant age range - correct answer ✔birth to 2 years
, Childhood age range - correct answer ✔2-12 years
Maturation - correct answer ✔Changes due to the natural process of aging
as determined by your genetics
Childhood locomotion sequence - correct answer ✔Lift head > Sit Up 6mo >
Crawl 8mo> Walk 12mo> Run 15mon
Experience (nurture can adjust the ______, but maturation (nature) sets the
_______. - correct answer ✔Timing; Sequence
Schema - correct answer ✔a conceptual framework a person uses to make
sense of the world
preoperational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but
does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
formal operational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people
begin to think logically about abstract concepts
concrete operational stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which
children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
sensorimotor stage - correct answer ✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in
terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
