Psych Quiz 2

The fertilized egg; enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

• Embryo

• Teratogen

• Zygote

• Fetus

The developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month.

• Embryo

• Zygote

• Fetus

• Teratogens

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

• Fetus

• Zygote

• Embryo

• teratogens

Agents, such as chemicals and viruses, can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

• Zygote

• Embryo

• Fetus

• Teratogens

Decreasing responsiveness with repeated simulation

• Habituation

• Motor Development

• Brain Development

• Continuity and Stability

Studies suggest that we consciously recall little from before age...

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

• Schema

• Assimilate

• Accomodate

• Sensorimotor Stage

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

• Assimilate

• Accommodate

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Object Permanence

Adapting our current understanding (schemas) to incorporate new information.

• Accommodate

• Sensorimotor stage

• Object permanence

• Preoperational Stage

Sensorimotor stage

• The stage (from birth to nearly 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities

• The awareness that things continue exist even when not perceived

• The stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete lgic.

• The principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects