Dev psy

Is the biological unfolding of the individual according to species- typical biological inheritance and an individual person’s biological inheritance.

It is the process that increases the speed at which information travels through the nervous system

Is the coordinated perception of singular objects through several senses.

_______ are movements that involve large muscle groups and are generally more broad and energetic than fine motor movements.

Is just a fancy phrase that refers to how a person’s individual needs (psycho) mesh with the needs or demands of society (social).

The stage of psychosocial development wherin the infant depends on the parents especially the mother for food and comfort

A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior. It is the pattern of arousal emotionally that labelled as consistent and enduring characteristics of an individual There are 8 stages in erik erikson psychosocial stages of development

Is typically viewed as a continual and cumulative process. The continuity view says that change is gradual. Children become more skillful in thinking, talking or acting much the same way as they get taller.developmental changes or continuities that characterize most or all members of a species

Means human development from conception to death

Heredity, cognitive and heredity

The process of developing or being developed and it is lifelong process of change

Union of sperm cell and egg cell

A unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring:heredity blueprints for development that are transmitted unchanged from generation to generation

Change in number, amount such sa height, weight or vocabulary size

Long double stranded molecule that make up the chromosomes

Is the sex chromosomes of every ovum

Is less powerful gene that is not expressed phenotypically when paired with the dominant allele

Is also called trisomy 21

Is formed when testosterone is absent

is the last 7 months of pregnancy

From birth to 28 days or 4 weeks after birth

This reflex starts when the corner of the baby's mouth is stroked or touched. The baby will turn his or her head and open his or her mouth to follow and root in the direction of the stroking. This helps the baby find the breast or bottle to start feeding. This reflex lasts about 4 months.

this is to encourage movement and develop range of motion in the hip in preparation for walking and crawling

Is an automatic or involuntary reflex in newborns and infants in which a baby suddenly flings her arms sideways with her hands flexed, throws out her legs, extends her neck, and just as suddenly brings her arms together and may begin crying.

is an involuntary, unplanned sequence or action and nearly instantaneous response to a stimulus. Reflexes are found with varying levels of complexity in organisms with a nervous system. A reflex occurs via neural pathways in the nervous system called reflex arcs. An automatic, innate response to stimulation

Is the last sense developed after birth

Learn about the world through basic actions such as sucking, grasping, looking, and listening. Playing peek a boo is an example of this stage of development

Regarded as as a psychosocial crises

(1958, 1963) psychosocial development theory proposes that our personality develops through eight stages, from infancy to old age. He argued that social experience was valuable throughout life, with each stage recognizable by the specific conflict we encounter between our psychological needs and the surrounding social environment. The child explore the environment and learn the context of family and form close and secure adult and peer relationship.

Patterns of change and emotions personality and social relationship

_____ of David Kolb. As the name suggests, experiential learning involves learning from experience

Growth of body and brain including patterns of change in sensorycapacities, motor skills

Discontinuous changes in kind, structure and organization

Part of the postnatal development wherein the head grows more than the body

Stage in which children gain increase muscular coordination and mobility they become capable of satisfying their own needs

Branch of psychology concern of identifying and explaining the continuities and changes that individual displays over tie

Occurs in first four months and in this stage includes the wiggling of their fingers, kicking their legs and sucking their thumbs.

The child becomes more focused on the world and begins to intentionally repeat an action in order to trigger a response in the environment