CEEP FINAL Flashcards

the apgar scale is used at one minute and five minutes after birth to

plasticity refers to

the more hank eats, the less hungry he feels. the correlation that exists between his food intake and his hunger is

scientific observation

Julia had a baby 3 weeks ago. she has been feeling sad and inadequate as a mother, which has made caring for her newborn difficult. Julia is experiencing....

nurture refers to

the foundation of cognitive theory is

age of viability the time when the preterm newborn

reproductive cells are

critical period

which embryo is more vulnerable

brown-eyed alma has a blue-eyed mother, and a brown-eyed father. in this case her brown eyes were determined by a ____ allele

an individuals socioeconomic status includes a persons

weak correlation

difference equals deficit

second step in scientific method

behaviorists believe that psychologists should focus on

critical factor in attaining the age of viability

each reproductive cell contains

bruno and juliana moved to the united states from mexico 2 years ago and just had their first baby. although bruno and juliana's SES is lower than their native born peers. their baby was born at a healthy weight, due in part to the support of their social network. this phenomenon is called

anoxia refers to

maternal depression

a teratogen is any agent or condition that increases the risk for

kate who regularly misses meals will most likely deliver a baby who has

almost every trait is ____ which means it is affected by many genes

foundation of psychoanalytic theory

Greg and Allen are at a bar watching a football game. over the course of the game, each one drinks 3 beers. Greg is sweating and red faced while Allen is not. a likely reason for the difference in their physiological reactions to the alcohol is that

each human body cell contains

Dr. Furth wonders if a specific brain chemical can be suppressed if a patient is given a large dose of vitamin E. the curiosity is the ____ step in the scientific method

the human fetus develops fingers and toes between 28 and 54 days after conception but cannot develop finders and toes before that time, this is an example of

empirical evidence is based on

longest period of prenatal development

sensitive period example

threshold effect

nature refers to

cindy is doing a presentation on prenatal development and wants to present the 3 main periods of prenatal development in order from conception to birth. Cindy's presentation uses the following order

the study of the human development is conducted in a scientific manner because

when doing research with anyone under the age of 18 what must you have?

harold and heather are twins, they are a result of

the 4th step in scientific method

impulsiveness and preservation are the same in that they both represent

freud believed that preschool boys

sara, molly and shy are playing dress-up. they are all princesses and have built a castle. what type of play are the girls engaged in

high parent to child communication, low warmth and high expectations of maturity

process through which axons become coated with a fatty substance that speeds up the tranmission of nerve impulses is called

spotting warning signs of abuse

an angry 5 year old might stop herself from hitting another child because she has developed

freud would say that a typical 5 year old is in the

romy understands that if she has 4 pieces of pizza and we give her 2 more, she will have 6. however, she does not know what happens if she has 6 and we take away 2. piaget would say that romy

authoritarian parents

kayla is 4 years old and has recently begun coordinating the 2 sides of her body more efficiently. this development is attributed to

the assume that the world is unchanging is to engage in

eriksons stage that occurs between 3 and 6 years of age is called

the piagetian term for a particular type of centration in which the child thinks about the world only from his personal perspective

the ability to control one's impulsiveness appears to be directly related to the development of

one underlying factor that allows the development of theory of mind

when parents expect unquestioning obedience from their children

when 4 year old karen is angry, she lashes out by hitting

karen is trying to determine how long her 4 year old daughter should sit in time out.

which type of injury prevention begins after and injury and is intended to limit the damage caused by the injury

which type of aggression tends to be characteristics of a 2 year old

an experimenter lines up pairs of checkers into 2 identical rows. then the experimenter elongates one of the rows by spacing the checkers farther apart. this is a classic test of

secondary prevention involves

as a father, Mr. Wallace rates low on nurturance and communication and high demand on maturity

scaffolding

jose is very warm and nurturing to his kids,. he doesnt believe in punishment

one of the worst effects of media on children

play that mimics aggression through wrestling, chasing or hitting

most common cause of death of kids worldwide

authoritative homes

jodee is 5 and insists on having all of the food on her plate seperated.

whereas piaget saw cognitive development as

vygosky attributes cognitive development to

daryl has a ball of silly putty. his 6 year old watches as he flattens the ball. when he asks his 6 year old is there is more now, he says yes

preschoolers have a tendency to try and make up a reason why things that they see and hear occur, this is

janelles usual bedtime is 8:30, her favorite show ends at 9 one evening, she asks to stay up her parents let her

freuds term for our self critical conscience that internalizes parental morals

jakes father is taking him to the barber. jake becomes upset after the barber makes his first cut because he doesn't think it will grow back

one of the most important ways in which children learn to control their aggression is through

in freudian theory when a little boy develops sexual feelings toward his mother and becomes jealous of his father

an illness or disorder of the mind

piaget believed that between the ages of 2 and 6 is difficult for kids to think

when kids hear a new word in a familiar context they can simply add the word to the general category without fully understanding the word