Developmental Psychology (Module 45 and 46)

Which not an aspect of Developmental Psychology?

• Nature and Nurture

• Continuity and Change

• Continuity and Stages

• Stability and Change

What is Prenatal Development?

• The period from Birth and age 5

• The period before conception

• The period from conception and birth

• The period from adolescence and old age.

What are the stages of Prenatal Development?

• Conception > Embryo > Zygote > Fetus

• Conception > Fetus > Zygote > Embryo

• Conception > Zygote > Fetus > Embryo

• Conception > Zygote > Embryo > Fetus

Agents, such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo and mess up a future baby.

• Teratogens

• Viruses

• Invasive Microorganisms

• Bacteria

Habituation can be used to help identify whether a child has learned or recognizes a concept.

• True

• False

Rooting Reflex is when a baby turns her/his head away after her/his cheek is turned away.

• True

• False

Which is not correct about Brain Development for Children?

• Our brain cortex overdevelops neurons and reduces the number to 23 million neurons.

• At infancy, our nervous system and our cognition develop separately.

• After you are born, you are born with most of the brain cells you will need.

• Our connection between thinking, memory, and language are the last cortical areas to develop.

The mental process where our minds get rid of unused neural pathways and keep useful ones.

• Pruning Process

• Infantile Amnesia

• Back-To-Sleep Position

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Learning to walk is an example of a baby...

• Imitating the adults around them.

• Having a maturing nervous system.

• Revealing an intellectual capacity greater than other babies.

• All of the above.

Infantile Amnesia erases a child's implicit before 3 years.

• True

• False