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Psych Exam 2
Chapters 4-7
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/25/2014

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What is the most dramatic and extensive transformation of lifespan?
Definition
prenatal growth
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Germinal Period
Definition
1st 2 weeks of pregnancy
IMPLANTATION begins 10 days after conception
Term
Embryonic Period
Definition
3rd - 8th week
cells transform into an embryo
4th week- blood vessels become heartbeat
5th week-arms, legs, fingers are formed
by 8th week, all basic organs are formed
Term
Cephalocuaual
Definition
Head to tail growth
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proximodistal
Definition
Near to far growth
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Fetal period
Definition
9th week until birth
organism becomes a fetus
goes from sexless to boy or girk
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In order, the three main periods of prenatal growth are:
Definition
germinal, embryonic, fetal.
Term
What is the main function of the placenta?
Definition
to protect and nourish the developing fetus
Term
The neural tube will become the:
Definition
brain and spinal cord.
Term
Prenatally, development happens in a “near to far” pattern known as:
Definition
proximodistal.
Term
Prenatally, development happens in a “head to tail” pattern known as:
Definition
cephalocaudal.
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The fetus begins to develop male sex organs if:
Definition
the SRY gene on the Y chromosome commands the sex organ to develop.
Term
When does auditory communication between the fetus and the mother begin?
Definition
at 28 weeks
Term
What happens to the brain during the fetal period of development?
Definition
It increases in size by about six times.
Term
Synaptogenesis refers to an increase in the
Definition
number of connections between neurons in the brain.
Term
The age of viability refers to the point when the preterm newborn:
Definition
can survive outside the uterus.
Term
The critical factor in attaining the age of viability is:
Definition
having adequate brain development.
Term
The best birthing position:
Definition
depends on the woman and her culture.
Term
The Apgar is used one minute and five minutes after birth to:
Definition
determine whether the newborn needs immediate medical care.
Term
What is the main cause of maternal death from birth around the world?
Definition
uncontrolled bleeding
Term
What percentage of U.S. births take place in freestanding birthing centers?
Definition
5%
Term
Which of the following demonstrates a major difference between the United States and the rest of the world in birthing practices?
Definition
In the United States only 1 percent of births take place at home, while home births are much more common worldwide
Term
A woman who helps other women with the birth process, often timing contractions, doing massage, finding pressure points, etc., is called a(n):
Definition
doula
Term
A teratogen is:
Definition
a substance or a condition that can increase the risk of prenatal abnormalities
Term
Teratogens that harm the prenatal brain are called ______ teratogens because they can make the child hyperactive, antisocial, or learning disabled
Definition
behavioral
Term
The percentage of newborns that will develop behavioral difficulties that could be connected to behavioral teratogens is approximately:
Definition
20 percent
Term
The average newborn doubles her birthweight in:
Definition
four months
Term
Which of the following is a disease caused by chronic malnutrition in childhood in which a protein deficiency makes the child more vulnerable to other diseases, such as measles, diarrhea, and influenza?
Definition
kwashiorkor
Term
is The breast milk secreted for premature infants is different than that secreted for full-term infants true or false?
Definition
TRUE
Term
A hypothesis that has been repeatedly disproved is that the MMR vaccine causes which disorder?
Definition
autism
Term
A fetus whose mother contracts ______ may be born blind, deaf, and brain-damaged.
Definition
rubella
Term
Ann-Marie started walking when she was 10 months old; Cynthia is just beginning to take steps by herself at 13 months. Which of the following is most likely?
Definition
Both girls are developing normally.
Term
Which of the following includes the three factors that contribute to the ability to walk?
Definition
muscle strength, brain maturation, practice
Term
Jaime grew up in a house with a very rough and cold concrete floor. Jaime never learned to crawl. This exemplifies:
Definition
experience-dependent learning
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Gross motor skills are defined by:
Definition
large movements.
Term
Binocular vision refers to the ability to:
Definition
focus on an object with both eyes.
Term
Newborns can focus on:
Definition
faces
Term
In terms of visual development, newborns:
Definition
are legally blind.
Term
The neonate's vision:
Definition
is clearest when objects are 4 to 30 inches away.
Term
Infants attend particularly to:
Definition
voices
Term
When you think about what you have perceived, what is taking place?
Definition
cognition
Term
The mental processing of sensory information as it comes into the brain is:
Definition
perception
Term
You are walking through a meadow, and you see a flower. Your eyes seeing the flower is a matter of ______. Your brain determines that the flower is yellow. This determination made in your brain is a matter of ______. You start thinking about how the flower will look in a vase in your living room. This process demonstrates ______.
Definition
sensation; perception; cognition
Term
A point on a ranking scale of 0 to 100 that helps doctors and parents know whether a particular baby is growing well is known as the infant's:
Definition
percentile.
Term
Which of the following may be a reason why first-born children have more sleep difficulties than later-born children?
Definition
because parents tend to be more vigilant with their first-born children
Term
The Swiss scientist who emphasized that infants are active learners and that early learning is based on sensory and motor skills was:
Definition
Jean Piaget.
Term
According to Piaget, the core of intelligence is:
Definition
adaptation
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The first two stages of sensorimotor thought involve:
Definition
the infant's own body
Term
According to Jean Piaget, the two elements of adaptation are:
Definition
assimilation and accommodation.
Term
Hugh enjoys playing with your keys. When you take them away and place them in your pocket, Hugh does not search for them. Piaget would say that Hugh does not understand
Definition
object permanence
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Once an infant becomes responsive to other people and to objects, and touches and moves them, she is engaging in:
Definition
secondary circular reactions
Term
Piaget's basic test for object permanence involves:
Definition
showing a baby an interesting toy and then covering it with a cloth.
Term
The scientific method used by an infant in stage five is:
Definition
trial and error.
Term
When infants observe others' actions and then imitate them at a later time, they have exhibited:
Definition
deferred imitation.
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Research indicates that infants reach the stages of Piaget's sensorimotor intelligence ______ Piaget originally predicted.
Definition
earlier than
Term
When studying infants, there are always problems with
Definition
fidelity and credibility.
Term
When Becky's mother speaks to her, she uses a high-pitched voice, simple words or phrases, and lots of repetition. At four months of age, Becky delights in her mother's use of:
Definition
child-directed speech.
Term
The term holophrase is used to denote:
Definition
the infant's use of one word to express a whole thought.
Term
A scientific term for becoming bored with an object after repeated exposure to it is:
Definition
habituation.
Term
The technique that measures changes in blood flow anywhere in the brain is called:
Definition
fMRI
Term
Some studies have found that infants as young as ______ months old can remember.
Definition
3
Term
Eight-month-old Han has learned that shaking his crib rail will bring his mother into his bedroom. His crib rail brings his mother to mind, demonstrating his
Definition
implicit memory.
Term
Verbal skills are necessary for which type of memory?
Definition
explicit
Term
Approximately how many human languages are there?
Definition
6,000
Term
Anger is usually triggered by:
Definition
frustration
Term
Which of the following characteristics must be present before an infant can experience pride, shame, or guilt?
Definition
social awareness
Term
Rex is 3 months old. According to psychoanalyst Margaret Mahler, he views himself as:
Definition
part of his mother.
Term
Researchers placed a dot of rouge on babies' noses and then had them look into a mirror. At what average age did most babies touch their noses when they saw their reflection?
Definition
18 months
Term
Tiffany is now 8 months old. Her mother has always been a very anxious person, as has her father. Tiffany's parents and siblings are all easily stressed and anxious. What effect might this environment have on Tiffany's brain development?
Definition
Her hypothalamus may be smaller and grow more slowly than normal.
Term
Which of the following statements is true about a father's role in an infant's emotional development?
Definition
Fathers play an important role in mothers' stress levels, which can impact an infant's stress level.
Term
Regina is easily disturbed, unhappy, hard to distract, and emotionally tense. The New York Longitudinal Study researchers would say that Regina is:
Definition
difficult
Term
According to the New York Longitudinal Study, infants' temperaments can be classified by what age?
Definition
3 months
Term
In Erikson's theory, the infant's earliest task is described as that of:
Definition
learning trust or mistrust.
Term
A toddler in Freud's anal stage would also be at Erikson's:
Definition
autonomy versus shame and doubt stage
Term
The autonomy versus shame and doubt crisis involves the child:
Definition
trying to assert control over his or her own actions.
Term
Which of the following is characteristic of the emotions that develop over the course of the first 2 years of life?
Definition
They are expressed in speedy and uncensored reactions.
Term
According to cognitive theory, infants use their early relationships to develop a set of assumptions that become a frame of reference that may be used later in life. Such a set of assumptions is called a:
Definition
working model.
Term
A working model, according to cognitive theory, is:
Definition
flexible.
Term
A theory of child rearing that is embedded in culture or ethnicity is a(n):
Definition
ethnotheory
Term
The Western value of independence is clearly exhibited in:
Definition
Erikson's stage of autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
Term
Randa believes that she is not a competent parent, and therefore gets frustrated and depressed whenever her 5-month-old baby cries, believing that her son's cries prove what a bad mother she is. This belief is an example of:
Definition
a personal theory.
Term
Margarita and Roberto are warm, nurturing parents who hold their baby all of the time and cradle him. They are exhibiting:
Definition
proximal parenting.
Term
A crucial aspect of synchrony is:
Definition
mutual interaction.
Term
Victor and Rosa want to enhance their synchrony with their 6-month-old daughter. They can best do this by:
Definition
imitating her vocal and facial expressions.
Term
primary circular reactions
Definition
first two stages of Piaget's sensorimotor

interaction between senstation, perception, and cognition
Term
What is stage one of Piaget's theory considered?
Definition
stage of reflexes
Term
What is stage two of Piaget's theory considered?
Definition
Stage of adaption
Term
At what stage do babies develop self and social awareness
Definition
Stages 3 and 4
Term
at what age does Piaget call kids "little scientists"?
Definition
12 to 18 months; Piaget's stage 5
Term
When can kids begin to pretend?
Definition
18 tp 24 months; Pigaet's stage 6
Term
true or false: 1 month year olds can recognize differences in language?
Definition
TRUE
Term
Information processing
Definition
opposite of Piaget
input output
measured in days and weeks rather than months
ties together infant cognition: Affordance and Memory
Term
whats the first step of information processing?
Definition
perception
Term
implicit memory
Definition
memory triggered by stimuli,(CIRCUMSTANCE) retrival cues
begins before birth
Term
explicit memory
Definition
VERBAL
depends on hippocampus
5 to 6 month
Term
True or False: listening and hearing are innate?
Definition
TRUE
Term
True or false: all babies, even deaf, are experience-expectant
Definition
Term
3 THEORIES OF LANGUAGE
Definition
INFANTS NEED TO BE TAUGHT (behaviorism)
SOCIAL IMPULSES= LANGUAGE
INFANTS TEACH THEMSELVES
Term
Is language itself experience dependent or expectant?
Definition
EXPERIENCE EXPECTANT
Term
What is the first 2 years of life when patterns of social awareness emerge?
Definition
High emotional Respons
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