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Life Span 4-6
Developmental Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first two weeks of development after conception; characterized by rapid cell division and the beginning of cell differentiation | Germinal period |
| Approximately the third through the eighth week after conception, the period during which the basic forms of all body structures develop | Embryonic period |
| The ninth week after conception until birth, the period during which the organs of the developing person grow in size and mature in functioning | fetal period |
| Beginning about a week after conception, the burrowing of the organism into the lining of the uterus, where it can be nourished and protected during growth | Implantation |
| Agents and conditions, including viruses, drugs, chemicals, stressors, and malnutrition, that can impair prenatal development and lead to birth defects or even death | teratogens |
| Teratogens that can harm the prenatal brain, affecting the future child's intellectual and emotional functioning | behavioral teratogens |
| The condition whereby a teratogen is relatively harmless in small doses but becomes harmful once exposure reaches a certain level | Threshold effect |
| The condition whereby the risk of a teratogen causing harm increases when it occurs at the same time as another teratogen of risk | Interaction effect |
| A disorder that results from damage to the brain's motor centers; difficulty with muscle control, which can affect speech or other body movements | Cerebral Palsy |
| The biological protection of the brain when malnutrition temporarily affects body growth | Head-sparing |
| The great increase in the number of dendrites that occurs in an infant's brain over the first two years of life | transient exuberance |
| Causes babies to turn their mouths toward anything that brushes the cheeks | rooting reflex |
| The infant senses motion, sucking, noise, and on, and tries to understand them | Primary circular reactions |
| The infant is responsive to other people and to toys and other objects that can be manipulated | Secondary circular reactions |
| The infant explores a range of new activities, varying responses as a way of learning about the world | Tertiary circular reactions |
| The process of getting used to an object or event through repeated exposure to it | Habituation |
| A perspective that compares human thinking processes, by analogy, to computer analysis of data, including sensory input, connections, stored memories, and output | information processing theory |
| An opportunity for perceptions and interaction that is offered by people, places, and objects in the environment | affordance |
| Perception that is primed to focus on movement and change | Dynamic perception |
| A perceptual experience that helps a person recollect an idea or experience, without testing whether the person remembers it at the moment | reminder session |
| Chomsky's term for a hypothesized brain structure that enables humans to learn language, including the basic aspects of grammar, vocabulary, and intonation | language acquisition device |
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