psy 150_ch. 5 vocab_em vitale

Prenatal programming is the process of

events in the womb altering the development of physical and psychological health.

The _____ stage is the first prenatal stage, which begins at conception and lasts the first two weeks.

germinal

Fine motor skill development in children is displayed in five year olds' ability to

use silverware. print letters. dress themselves.

The study of change and continuity in an individual across the life span is called

human development.

The process of how genotype becomes phenotype, and therefore, how we change and remain the same over the course of a lifetime is called

man development.

The stage of cognitive development is when infants use their senses by moving their bodies.

yes, because the probbilities sum to 1 and they are all greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1

By what age are children able to hold objects?

Four months

The germinal stage begins at and lasts the first two weeks.

conception

motor skills involve the coordination of the actions of many smaller muscles, along with information from the eyes, in the service of some task, for example turning knobs or fastening buttons.

fine

Children who can coordinate of the actions of many smaller muscles, along with information from the eyes, in the service of some task, for example turning knobs or fastening buttons are using their

fine motor skills.

is the process during months 3-5 of pregnancy by which neurons move from one part of the fetal brain to their more permanent home.

neural migration

Jean is the most influential theorist who studied cognitive development.

piaget

is the process by which events in the womb alter the development of physical and psychological health.

prenatal programming

Nature's way of making the brain more efficient is a process called

pruning

begins before birth, and is the biological basis to behavior in particular ways from very early in life.

temperment

Neural migration occurs during __-___ months of the fetal stage.

3-5

By months, children can sit by themselves, without any help.

6

_______ begins before birth, and is the biological basis to behavior in particular ways from very early in life.

Temperament