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| List and identify one thing that takes place in each zygote stage of prenatal development. |
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Zygote
Cell division into two cells |
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| List and identify one thing that takes place in each embryo stage of prenatal development. |
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| List and identify one thing that takes place in each fetus stage of prenatal development. |
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| Define teratogen and list two teratogens. |
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Teratogen an agent or factor
that causes malformation of an embryo.
Alcohol or Heroin |
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| Explain how brain development progresses in the first two years of life. |
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| Oral-sensory Birth to 12 to 18 months Trust versus mistrust The child develops a feeling of trust in his or her caregivers. |
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| Define schema and give an example of accommodation and assimilation. |
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Schema-a rule or principle that enables the understanding to organize information.
Accommodation-a horse has four legs ergo everything with four legs is a horse.
Assimilation-when a mind creates a new schema.A cow has four legs and is different from a horse that also has four legs. |
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Stage 1
Identify the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development and list one example of children's behavior within each stage. |
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Stage 1-Sensorimotor
How to interact with the world and feel sensation. |
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Stage 2
Identify the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development and list one example of children's behavior within each stage. |
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Stage 2-Pre operational
Ego centric |
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Stage 3
Identify the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development and list one example of children's behavior within each stage. |
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Stage 3-Concrete operational
Simple math skills |
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Stage 4
Identify the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development and list one example of children's behavior within each stage. |
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Stage 4-Formal operational
Abstract thinking and complex math skills. |
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Extra Credit
List 4 reflexes that newborns have |
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Rooting reflex
Blink reflex
Withdraw reflex
Tonic neck reflex
Grasp reflex
Moro reflex
Stepping reflex |
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