Piaget's term for the process in which people understand a new experience in
terms of their current stage of cognitive development & way of thinking
Right Ans - assimilation
Newborn showing interest & surprise at first seeing a new toy but may not
show interest seeing the same toy several times is demonstrating Right
Ans - habituation
When does the greatest increase in height & weight occur Right Ans -
during the first year of life
Mark & Amanda just purchased some new toys for their 4 month old baby. As
soon as they put the toys in the baby's crib, the baby immediately tried to put
the toys in its mouth, then picked up & shook the toys. Piaget would say this is
an example of an Right Ans - scheme
Advocates of the ________ perspective believe that much behavior is motivated
by inner forces, memories, & conflicts of which a person has little awareness &
over which a person has little control Right Ans - psychodynamic
Any differences in future development of monozygotic twins can be attributed
only to ______ factors Right Ans - environmental
If a developmental researcher is studying how traumatic events in childhood
are remembered later in life, or how problem-solving skills change over the
lifetime, in what developmental area is the researcher interested? Right
Ans - cognitive
Older mothers are considerably more likely to give birth to children with
Right Ans - Down syndrome
What is the process in which high frequency sound waves scan the mother's
womb to produce an image of the unborn baby, whose size & shape can then
be assessed? Right Ans - ultrasound sonography
, Baby Alexander makes minor changes in his schemes each time his
environment provides him with a new experience. This is the process of
Right Ans - accommodation
What's the term for a developing child from 8 weeks of conception-birth
Right Ans - fetus
In _______, development is ________, with achievements at one level building on
those of previous levels Right Ans - continuous change; gradual
Preterm infants are at a high risk of illness & death because Right Ans -
they have not had time to fully develop as fetuses
_________ reduces the oxygen content & increases carbon monoxide of the
mother's blood. This quickly reduces the oxygen available for the fetus.
Right Ans - smoking cigarettes
Baby Polly is usually a clam, happy baby when she is around her parents and
siblings. When her parents take her to a family reunion, her behavior changes.
Her face crinkles up in a frown & she stares at unfamiliar people with
suspicion. She's demonstrating Right Ans - stranger anxiety
Form of learning in which voluntary response is strengthened or weakened by
its association with positive or negative consequences is Right Ans -
operant conditioning
Mary is preparing to breastfeed her infant daughter and the baby's cheek
brushes across her blouse. The baby immediately turns its head toward
Mary's chest in preparation for feeds. What kind of reflex Right Ans -
rooting
Name the substance that genes are composed to that determines to nature of
each cell Right Ans - DNA
Researcher working with college-age football players is conducting a
longitudinal study to examine an athlete's decline in on-the-field performance.
What type of development is he studying? Right Ans - Physical
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