Exam 8: Child Development

The concept of a personal fable is when an adolescent believes (s)he is unique and cannot be harmed.

__________ in children is observed when they believe that everyone sees what they see, thinks what they think, and feels what they feel.

Another term for a newborn child is __________

The milestone infants achieve during the sensorimotor stage is __________

Which group of children is most likely to be excluded from a peer group?

In the process of fertilization the __________ and __________ unite, resulting in a single cell.

Reflexes help infants to survive until they are capable of learning more complex means of interaction.

What are the perceptual abilities of infants? Include at least 3 different sensory systems in your answer.

Some studies have indicated that depression in the mother is related to __________

The specialized organ that provides nourishment for the developing baby is called the __________

Your little sister picks up objects, feels every part of them, and then puts them in her mouth. What stage of Jean Piaget's model of cognitive development does this behavior suggest she is in?

Tameeka is at a point in her pregnancy during which the major organs and structures of her baby are first developing. Which period of prenatal development is Tameeka currently experiencing?

__________ pioneered the use of a procedure called the "strange situation" in studying the mother-child interactions in the home during the infant's first year.

Marisa is at a point in her pregnancy when the zygote is moving down her uterus, and the placenta and umbilical cord are beginning to form. Which period of prenatal development is Marisa currently experiencing?

Peer groups help to socialize children by providing all of the following models EXCEPT __________

If an infant is presented with two objects, one novel and the other one to which they have earlier become habituated, they will usually pay more attention to the novel stimuli. This is an indication of __________

Biological maturation underlies language development in much the same way that it underlies physical and motor development. This phrase underscores __________

__________ is sensitivity to the sound patterns of a language and how they are represented as letters.

Present the major points of the three main theories of language development. Provide some evidence or examples that would support and/or refute each of these theories.

Conservation is the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight.