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DevelopmentalPsych
Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| quantitative | continuous |
| qualitative | discontinuous |
| breastfed babies are less likely to | -have digestive problems -have UTIs and inner ear infections -be overweight as adults -have cholesterol problems |
| preferential-looking | baby vision, can tell the difference between things |
| Growth Factors | 1) nutrition 2) infectious disease 3) emotional well-being 4) heredity |
| scale error | attempts to preform an action on a mini object the is impossible due to it's size -development (size) and cognition have not met up |
| scheme (schema) | cognitive structure; a general way of knowing the world |
| assimilation | process of fitting the world into one's existing schema |
| accommodation | making adjustments to your schema as a result of new information |
| disequilibrium | tension resulting from a competing schema -often what it takes to advance to a new stage |