fertilized egg; first 2 weeks of rapid cell division 

a. embryo 

b. zygote

c. fetus 

Developing human organism weeks 2-8

a. embyro

b. zygote

c. fetus

Developing human organism 9 weeks to birth

a. embryo

b. zygote

c. fetus

substances that cross the placenta barrier and prevent the fetus from developing normally

a. teratogens

b. drugs

c. chemicals 

physical and cognitive abnormalities that appear in children whose mothers consume large amounts of alcohol

(FAS)

baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to open the mouth and search for food (among other unlearned responses)

a. rooting reflux

b. rooting reflex

c. rooted resource

person's characteristic emotional excitability 

a. personality

b. temperament

c. normality  

biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior

a. motor movement

b. neurological reflex

c. maturation 

includes all physical skills and muscular coordination

a. motor coordination

b. motor development

c. muscular development 

who pioneered the study of child development?

a. Freud

b. Lorenz

c. Piaget 

all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering 

a. logical

b. mental ability 

c. cognition 

concepts or mental frameworks that people use to organize and interpret information

a. schema

b. assimilation

c. accommodation 

interpreting a new experience within the context of existing schemas

a. schema

b. assimilation

c. accommodation 

adapting current schemas to incorporate new information

a. schema

b. assimilation

c. accommodation

stage 1: birth-2; children gather information about world through senses and motor activities

a. preoperational

b. sensorimotor

c. concrete operational 

awareness that things continue to exist even when you cannot see or hear them

a. object preference

b. object permanence

c. permanence 

stage 2: ages 2-7; children learn to use language but not logic

a. concrete operational

b. formal operational

c. preoperational 

child's inabililty to take another child's point of view

a. object permanence

b. objective stage

c. egocentrism 

Stage 3: age 6-11; children gain mental skills to help think logically; learn conservation

a. concrete operational

b. formal operational

c. preoperational 

understanding that certain properties remain constant despite changes in their form (mass, volume, numbers)

a. conversation

b. conservation

c. concentration 

stage 4: 12+; think logically about abstract concepts and form strategies; solve hypothetical problems

a. formal operational

b. concrete operational

c. sensorimotor 

fear of strangers that infants commonly display

a. stranger danger

b. separation anxiety

c. stranger anxiety 

emotional tie with another person shown by seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation 

a. separation anxiety

b. attachment

c. responsiveness 

sense of contentment with that which is already known 

a. comfort

b. familiarity

c. normalcy 

Konrad Lorenz: process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period early in life

a. attacment

b. imprinting

c. responsiveness

parenting style is strict, discipline, low warth, and low communication from child to parent 

a. authoritarian

b. permissive

c. authoritative 

parenting style is laid back; high warmth; no disciple; not many rules; child communication is high 

a. authoritarian

b. permissive

c. authoritative

parenting style that has high warmth; rules; equal communication from child to parent

a. authoritarian

b. permissive

c. authoritative