REGIS COLLEGE PSYCH 643 WEEK 3 QUIZ
2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED REVIEW
◉ zygote. Answer: The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of
rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
◉ Teratogens. Answer: (literally, "monster maker") agents such as
chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during
prenatal developmental and cause harm
◉ Stress Hormone. Answer: When women experience stress during
pregnancy the stress hormones flooding her body may indicate a
survival threat to the fetus and produce an earlier delivery
◉ Maturation. Answer: biogical growth processes that enable
orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
◉ Schema. Answer: a concept or framkework that organizes and
interprets information
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his
pioneering work in child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive
, development and epistemological view are together called "genetic
epistemology".
◉ Assimilation. Answer: interpreting our new experiences in terms
of our existing schemas
◉ Accommodation. Answer: adapting our current understandings
(schemas) to incorporate new information
◉ Object Performance. Answer: the awareness that objects continue
to exist even when not perceived
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: in piagets theory, the stage (from
about 2-6/7) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ Postconventional. Answer: Postconventional level is the third and
final level of Kohlberg's moral development taxonomy where
individuals enter the highest level of morale development. People
who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the
innate rights of humans and guided by their own ethical principles
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: In pPiagets theory, the stage
of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children
2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED REVIEW
◉ zygote. Answer: The fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of
rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
◉ Teratogens. Answer: (literally, "monster maker") agents such as
chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during
prenatal developmental and cause harm
◉ Stress Hormone. Answer: When women experience stress during
pregnancy the stress hormones flooding her body may indicate a
survival threat to the fetus and produce an earlier delivery
◉ Maturation. Answer: biogical growth processes that enable
orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
◉ Schema. Answer: a concept or framkework that organizes and
interprets information
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: a Swiss clinical psychologist known for his
pioneering work in child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive
, development and epistemological view are together called "genetic
epistemology".
◉ Assimilation. Answer: interpreting our new experiences in terms
of our existing schemas
◉ Accommodation. Answer: adapting our current understandings
(schemas) to incorporate new information
◉ Object Performance. Answer: the awareness that objects continue
to exist even when not perceived
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: in piagets theory, the stage (from
about 2-6/7) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ Postconventional. Answer: Postconventional level is the third and
final level of Kohlberg's moral development taxonomy where
individuals enter the highest level of morale development. People
who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the
innate rights of humans and guided by their own ethical principles
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: In pPiagets theory, the stage
of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children
