Module 14 - Infancy and Childhood - Retrieval Practice & Review

neural networks sprouting in her frontal lobes

Five-year-old Ling is beginning to show signs of being able to plan ahead in a somewhat rational manner. At her age, this development is likely due to:

back to sleep campaign

A 1994 campaign to get parents to put their infants to bed on their backs in the fear that as children become more mobile in bed, they will suffer from SIDS. This helps to prevent that, but can delay crawling.

a maturing nervous system

Angela is a 7-month-old baby who rolled over for the first time at 4 months of age and can now sit without support. These milestones reflect:

Erik Erikson

Basic trust as a tenet of social development was proposed by:

false beliefs

Between about ages 3-4 1/2, children come to realize that others may hold _______.

frontal lobes

From ages 3 to 6, the most rapid growth was in your _______, which enable rational planning.

3; 6; frontal

From ages _____ to _____, the brain's neural network is sprouting MOST rapidly in the _____ lobes, which enables rational planning.

Authoritarian; Authoritative

Hailey's parents demand her strict obedience; back talk is not tolerated. Isabella's parents are firm as well, but are more likely to reason with her and explain the consequences of her behavior. In Baumrind's terms, Hailey's parents are _____; Isabella's are _____.

1/4 million

In your mother's womb, your developing brain formed nerve cells at the explosive rate of nearly _______ per minute.

become a normal adult with average intelligence

Marcus is the son of a teenage mother. She could not handle taking care of him and put him up for adoption when he was 4 weeks old. Marcus was adopted by a family that loves and cares for him. It is MOST likely that Marcus will:

the lack of necessary maturation

Mary's inability to toilet train her 10-month-old infant is MOST likely due to:

biological

Maturation refers mainly to _____ development.

Schema

Piaget used the word _____ to refer to a mental framework that organizes and interprets information.

maturation

The biological growth process, called _______, explains why most children begin walnkingby about 12-15 months

Maturation

The orderly sequence of biological growth is called:

concrete operational

This week Andrea is babysitting twins, Cassy and Nikki. She served the girls brownies and Cassy complained that her sister had more brownies than her. Andrea divided one of Cassy's brownies in half and asked her if it was now fair. Cassy replied, "No, all you did was cut it in half." Cassy is now in which stage of cognitive development according to Piaget's theory?

concrete operational

Western legal systems that suggest that children who are 7 or 8 years old have attained the ability to reason are consistent with Piaget's theory because basic reasoning skills appear during the _____ period.

Attachment is the normal process by which we form emotional ties with important others. Imprinting occurs only in certain animals that have a critical period very early in their development during which they must form their attachments, and they do so in an inflexible manner.

What distinguishes imprinting from attachment?

Theory of mind focuses on our ability to understand our own and others' mental states. Those with autism spectrum disorder struggle with this ability.

What does theory of mind have to do with autism spectrum disorder?

association areas

_______ were the last cortical areas to develop.