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sensitive period - (ANSWER)a time when a certain type of development is most likely to happen or
happens most easily, although it may still happen later with more difficulty
ex. early childhood and language learning
cohort - (ANSWER)group born around the same time
types of developmental psychology research - (ANSWER)longitudinal
cross-sectional
cross-sequential
longitudinal research - (ANSWER)collecting data repeatedly on the same individuals
cross-sectional research - (ANSWER)groups of people of one age are compared with people of another
age but are similar in other characterisitcs
cross-sequential - (ANSWER)study several groups of people at different ages (a cross-sectional approach)
and follow them over the years (a longitudinal approach)
reflexes - (ANSWER)an unlearned, involuntary action or movement in response to a stimulus
occurs without conscious thought
types of reflexes - (ANSWER)babinski
moro
rooting
stepping
palmar
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babinski - (ANSWER)fans or spreads toes in response to a stroking foot usually disappears at end of first
year
moro (startle) - (ANSWER)back arches, legs and arms fling out and then brought back to chest in hugging
motion when position suddenly changed, loud noise or bump
lost 6-7 months
rooting - (ANSWER)baby turns head and mouth toward stimulus that strokes the cheek, chin or corner of
mouth, facilitates finding mothers nipple for sucking
stepping - (ANSWER)mimics walking when held under arms
usually disappears by 3 or 4 months
palmar (grasping) - (ANSWER)using 4 fingers, babies grasp fingers/objects, pressed against the palms of
their hands.
most babies support weight
lost by 3-4 months, voluntary grasping 5-6 months
head sparing - (ANSWER)biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body
growth
brain is last effected
transient exuberance - (ANSWER)great but temporary increase in the number of dendrites that develop
in an infants brain during the first two years of life
experience expectant brain functions - (ANSWER)brain functions require certain basic common
experiences in order to develop normally