What is the babbling stage?

Repeated consonant-vowel sounds

Prenatal, 3 months, perioral touch. turn mouth to stimulus

REM sleep, regular, quiet alertness, active alertness, and crying

Infant paddles and kicks when placed face down in water

Psychodynamic perspective:

Emphasizes unconscious processes and early experience

decrease in the number of synapses during adolescence

in vitro fertilization

egg and sperm joined in a petri dish

Critical period refers to-

an important time when development has to take place

Naturalistic observation is _________

observing an organism in its natural habitat

behavioral perspective

You study how new behaviors from the environment influence behavior…..

correlational research

research that seeks to identify whether an asociatin or relationship exists

What is the independent variable

The variable being tested and changed

Halophrase is defined as what?

A single word used to express complex meanings

which is an example of an implicit memory

remembering how to tie your shoelace

What does the myelin sheath around the axon do?

insulates the axon and speeds impulse transmission

What is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome?

The death of an infant less than a year

A time when children are most receptive to absorbing specific learning.

Form of speech we use to communicate with each other

Stroking bottom of foot elicits fanning of the great toe

Nonorganic failure to thrive syndrome is

A condition caused by lack of attention

Fragile X Syndrome will cause:

Inherited Intellectual Disability

Surgical incision to help enlarge the vaginal opening

Accommodation in childhood is referred to as

new knowledge and reshaping was children already know

Artificial insemination:

involves collecting sperm and placing it in the female

What does APGAR scale stand for?

Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration

Completely unexpected and unexplained death of a infant

The idea that the left and the right hemispheres are specialized

A baby begins to make mental representations of something that is not directly perceivable.

She displays object permanence in the sensorimotor stage.

The dendrites of a neuron do what?

Receive signals from a sending neuron

Dynamic systems theory is:

complex systems theory, the emergence of motor skills across the lifespan.

A developing baby more than 8 weeks after conception.

The embryonic stage of a pregnancy is

from week two through to week 8

Principle of Hierarchical Integration is...

Simple skills that develop separately/independently into complex skills

According to the just-right phenomenon, some preschool children __________.

develop strong rituals and routines about the kinds of foods they will eat

classical conditioning involves __________; operant conditioning involves __________

pairing stimuli; rewards and punishments

"Brain plasticity" refers to...

New connections forming to take over for damaged sections.

the bioecological approach consists of

microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem

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1
What is the babbling stage?
Repeated vowel sounds
Two-word statements
Repeated consonant-vowel sounds
One-word statements
2
Rooting Reflex
Prenatal, 3 months, perioral touch. turn mouth to stimulus
34 weeks, touch on posterior 3rd of tongue
28 weeks, Rhythmic pattern
Prenatal, 2-5 months, Inhibit voluntary use of arms
3
Infant States
regular sleep and crying
only crying
REM sleep, regular, quiet alertness, active alertness, and crying
regular, active alertness, and crying
4
Swimming Reflex
Head turns toward source of stimulation
Infant paddles and kicks when placed face down in water
Toes fan out and curl in as foot twists in
Spontaneous grasp of adult finger
5
Low birthweight infants are those weighing less than
9 pounds at birth
6 pounds at birth
7 pounds at birth
5.5 pounds at birth
6
Psychodynamic perspective:
Personality theory and form of psychotherapy
Focuses on mental process, memory, and perception
Emphasizes unconscious processes and early experience
I'm not sure
7
Object permanence can be reinforced with which game?
candy land
duck, duck, goose
peek a boo
ring around the rosie
8
synaptic pruning is
Increase in the number of synapses during development
risky behaviour during adolescence
decrease in the number of synapses during adolescence
removal of parts of the brain in an injury
9
in vitro fertilization
egg and sperm joined in a petri dish
egg and sperm meet in the fallopian tube
sperm inserted into the uterus/fallopian tube
screening of cells in the lab
10
Critical period refers to-
middle adulthood to late adulthood
the period up to adolescence
two to three hours after birth
an important time when development has to take place
11
Naturalistic observation is _________
viewing the subject with natural lighting
observing an organism in its natural habitat
observing an organism in a controlled environment
#no filter
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what Is the learning-theory approach ?
Giving praise and repetition
The older you get the more you understand
13
behavioral perspective
You study how new behaviors from the environment influence behavior…..
You study how the physical brain & nervous system influence behavior...
You study how conscious thoughts influence behavior…
You study how the pursuit of basic needs influences behavior
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correlational research
specific strategies or techniques for systematically conducting research
Proves causation between two variables
research that seeks to identify whether an asociatin or relationship exists
In-depth investigation of a person or group of people
15
Following an experiment, what must a researcher provide to all the participants?
Coercion
informed consent
Debriefing
protection from harm
16
What is the independent variable
When you hold something constant
The variable measured
The variable being tested and changed
The outcome
17
Halophrase is defined as what?
A single word used to express complex meanings
Use of words in situations in which their meanings become extended
Use of language to label certain items
Use of language as a means of engaging in social interactions
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which is an example of an implicit memory
recognizing a celebrity
describing the taste of a birthday cake
remembering how to tie your shoelace
recalling the name of your JH math teacher
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What does the myelin sheath around the axon do?
causes the axon to degenerate
allows impulses to "jump" the synapse
insulates the axon and speeds impulse transmission
insulates the axon & slows speed of impulse transmission
20
What is childhood obesity?
majorly underweight
Slightly overweight
majorly overweight
slightly underweight
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What is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome?
The death of an infant less than a year
Death of an infant
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Sensitive Period
A time when children are very sensitive emotionally.
All of the above.
A time when children are most receptive to absorbing specific learning.
23
What is considered a normal APGAR score
5-10
1-5
7-10
5-7
24
Social speech is
Form of speech we use to communicate with each other
Form of "speech" we use to talk to ourselves inside our own head. Age of 8
Form of speech we use to talk to ourselves out loud (Around the age of 3)
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Babinski reflex:
Stroking bottom of foot elicits fanning of the great toe
squeezing calf muscle elicits fanning of great toe
sucking response by gently tapping upper lip
stepping response
26
Nonorganic failure to thrive syndrome is
A condition caused by lack of attention
A disease
A motor skill
Untreatable
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Fragile X Syndrome will cause:
Inherited Intellectual Disability
High Levels of salt in skin
Elevated LDL
28
What is episiotomy?
Surgical incision to help enlarge the vaginal opening
When the baby has already been delivered... #peace #calm
When the amniotic sac is broken by the doctor
When baby position needs to change before delivery
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Infant directed speech
Motherese
Holographic spech
Denotation
Connotation
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Accommodation in childhood is referred to as
confusing shapes and objects
assimilating
playing with other children
new knowledge and reshaping was children already know
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referential style
path child takes
speed of learning words
naming objects
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Who developed the Bioecological approach?
Piaget
Einstein
Vygotsky
Bronfenbrenner
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Artificial insemination:
involves collecting sperm and placing it in the female
involves only prize-winning bulls
involves placing eggs and sperm together in petri dishes
involves collecting eggs and placing them in a test tube
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What does APGAR scale stand for?
Actual, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration
Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration
Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, reflexes
Activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, respiration
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Sudden Infant Death
Completely unexpected and unexplained death of a infant
also called bed death
less than age 13 months
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brain lateralization
selective attention/ concentration; reasoning, problem solving, organizing,
The idea that the left and the right hemispheres are specialized
Chemicals that transmit information from one neuron to another
the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body
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Continuous = ______ and Discontinuous = _______
Experimental, Correlational
Quantitative, Qualitative
Qualitative, Quantitative
Correlational, Experimental
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A baby begins to make mental representations of something that is not directly perceivable.
He displays object permanence in the preoperational stage.
She shows abstract thought in the preoperational stage.
This is goal-directed behaviour in the sensorimotor stage.
She displays object permanence in the sensorimotor stage.
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The dendrites of a neuron do what?
Reuptake neurotransmitters
Send neurotransmitters to a receiving neuron
Support the health and functioning of the cell
Receive signals from a sending neuron
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Dynamic systems theory is:
A theory explaining the biological maturation of children
A theory explaining the neurological factors underpinning movement.
theory explaining the hierarchical sequence of movement skill acquisition.
complex systems theory, the emergence of motor skills across the lifespan.
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What is the fetus?
The early developing stages of a baby.
The cell that is formed when egg meets sperm.
The cells that are discharged early.
A developing baby more than 8 weeks after conception.
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The embryonic stage of a pregnancy is
from week two through to week 8
the duration of the pregnancy
the moment when a male's sperm cell penetrates a female egg
the same as the foetal stage
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Principle of Hierarchical Integration is...
Changes in different rates of growth at different periods of time
Growth occurs from head (brain) to trunk to feet
Simple skills that develop separately/independently into complex skills
Growth is from center of body to the extremities (limbs)
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Which of the following statements is the best example of telegraphic speech?
give cookie
cookie
I eated a cookie
i wanted a cookie
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According to the just-right phenomenon, some preschool children __________.
develop strong rituals and routines about the kinds of foods they will eat
avoid foods with high sodium content
eat too much meat
consume too many high-iron foods
46
Psychodynamic Perspective
Max Wertheimer
William James
Sigmund Freud
Wilhem Wundt
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classical conditioning involves __________; operant conditioning involves __________
pairing stimuli; rewards and punishments
schedules; punishers
learned responses; physiological reactions
fixed intervals; variable ratios
48
"Brain plasticity" refers to...
The brain's ability to regrow damaged neurons.
Our adaptability to different problems.
New connections forming to take over for damaged sections.
The surface texture of the cerebral cortex.
49
An example of assimilation in children's learning is a child seeing a zebra and calling it a horse. (Piaget)
True
False
50
Anoxia means...
Vertebrae
Crying
Secretion
O2 Deficiency
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the bioecological approach consists of
chronosystem, alphasystem, microsystem, macrosystem
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
microsystem, macrosystem, mesosystem
52
What nursing action will support infant bonding?
Restricting sibling visitation to prevent infection.
Allowing skin to skin contact between newborn & parents.
Isolating infant to nursery during mother’s ICU stay.
Discourage parents from touching infant during phototherapy.
53
For the first month of life, a newborn baby is called a neonate.
True
False
54
Theories help scientists to ...
determine truth from lies
propose new ideas about how the world works
prove hypotheses
explain large bodies of data
55
How many phonemes are in the word: bee?
5
4
3
2
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Explicit memory is
run by the hypothalamus
learning how to do something
run by the cerebellum
memory of facts and experiences that one consciously knows
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What is the Moro reflex?
NB’s response when jarred to extend and abduct the extremities.
NB’s response when jarred to extend the extremities.
NB’s response when jarred to adduct the extremities.
NB’s response when jarred to flex the extremities.
58
What are teratogens?
structures that allow oxygen & nutrients to pass to fetus
any external agents that can harm an embryo or fetus
a collection of congenital problems associated with alcohol
a one-celled organism formed by the union of a sperm and egg
59
Using "car" to describe other vehicles, overextension or underextension?
Underextension
Overextension
Neither
60
The white, greasy material that covers the baby's body at birth is called vernix
false
true
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What is a schema?
Inference
Theoretical model
Computer model
Mental framework
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What is a dependent variable?
the variable that is not affected by another
the variable that is manipulated
the variable that is not change but is affected by another
the variable that can be changed
63
Startle reflex
a newborns automatic response when touched on the lips or cheek
style of reacting to the world and relating to others
newborns automatic response to loud noise or touch on the stomach
born before 37 weeks of development and weigh less than 5 pounds 8 ounces
64
The Interactionist Approach to Language...
Just genetics
Just environment
Both environment and genetics
65
How many phonemes in the word child?
3
4
2
66
Babies are born with reflexes. True or False.
True
False
67
Telegraphic speech is
a system of language rules for combining morphemes.
a grammatically correct two-word utterance.
considered a form of receptive language.
evident before babbling occurs.
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Habituation refers to the
adjustment current schemas to make sense of new information
awareness that things continue exist even whennot perceived.
interpretation new information in terms of existing schemas
decreasing response to stimulus which one repeatedly exposed
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A Nativist approach to language suggests that
Language is learned like behaviour
Language is a myth
Language is innate
Language is modelled
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Phonemes and morphemes refer to...
Elements of telegraphic speech toddlers use.
Basic elements of memories stored in long-term memory.
Elements of language.
Two types of influences language has on thought.
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What is a hypothesis?
The equipment you use in the experiment
What you predict will happen in the experiment
What you learn in an experiment
The results you get from the experiment
72
Lanugo is ______?
catagen
short, fine, downy hair
telogen hair
anagen hair
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Rapid Eye Movement
RME
REM
ROM
RDM
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Stepping Reflex
Head turns toward source of stimulation
Infant lifts one foot after another when held under arms
Toes fan out and curl in as foot twists in
Spontaneous grasp of adult finger
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Extremely low-birthweight infants weigh how much?
<2000 grams
<1200 grams
<1000 grams
<1500 grams
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Deferred Imitation
Watching another person's behavior & repeating it later
The strong emotional connection that develops between people
Behaviors that demonstrate cooperation and helpfulness.
When a babies leg grows longer than another
77
Developmental psychology is the study of:
the stages of life and the important tasks of each.
the role of maturation in the unfolding of human potential
language,personality,& emotions of children and adolescents.
changes in behavior & abilities from conception to death.
78
Skinner is most known for Operant Conditioning using,
Skinner boxes
Cats
Chimps
Dogs
79
What is cognitive scaffolding?
Temporary support (step by step) to help a child learn
An overload of information
Equipment for construction workers
Permanent assistance
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Developmental Psychology studies human development...
from conception to birth
from conception to death
from childhood to adolescence
from birth to adulthood
81
In Psychology, Jean Piaget is famous for his theories of intellectual development in
children
teens
infants
adults
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Cephalocaudal:
Proceeding in the direction from from to back
Proceeding in the direction from Left to Right
Proceeding in the direction from top to bottom
Proceeding in the direction from head to toe
83
A stillbirth occurs during the fetal stage.
True
False
84
Proximodistal development refers to:
Simple skills are learned before complex skills
Devlopment from the centre of the body outwards
Development from the head down
The approximation of the rate and timing of development
85
What are development quotients?
how a child develops
60% of U.S. mothers
the average intelligence of an infant
a score on an infant intelligence test
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Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality due to
an abnormality of chromosome 6
chromosome 15 being deleted
an extra copy of the 21stchromosome
an extra copy of the 22ndchromosome
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Down syndrome can be detected by this test...
alpha-fetoprotein test
ultrasound
blood test
amniocentesis
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What is the difference between continuous change and discontinuous change
Discontinuous is gradual improvements Continuous are levels
Continous is gradual improvement Discontinuous are levels
89
Pragmatics is
study of the sound system
use of language in a social context
meaning of individual words
study of grammar
90
Classical conditioning's main man is
Albert Bandura
George Thorougood
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
91
What is undernutrition?
When someone eats less that 2000 calories a day.
When people are obese.
A poorly balanced diet lacking in minerals.
92
Storage is to encoding as ________ is to ________.
rehearsal; retrieval
recognition; recall
retention; acquisition
imagery; mnemonics
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Classical conditioning involves ...
Reward and punishment
Social learning
Stimulus and response
Contingency management
94
The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale examines
alertness, reflexes, and control
oxygen content of blood
neurological maturity
color, pulse, and breathing
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The word dogs has ____ phonemes.
5
2
4
3
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What are the spaces between neurons called?
spaces
synarthrosis
corridors
synapses
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Germinal Stage
Weeks 3–8
Weeks 1–2
Weeks 9–40
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The axon conducts nerve impulses _______ the cell body.
both towards and away from
towards
around, bypassing
away from
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small for gestational age
birth weight greater than the 10th percentile
birth weight less than the 50th percentile
birth weight less than the 10th percentile
birth weight less than the 90th percentile
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Morphemes are the smallest units of ______ in a language.
meaning
sounds
syntax
speech

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