30 Questions
What process involves sperm cells releasing enzymes to penetrate the thick surface of the egg?
Hyperactivation
Which type of twins results from the cleaving of one fertilized egg?
Monozygotic twins
How do Dizygotic twins differ from Monozygotic twins?
Dizygotic twins have a shared placenta, while Monozygotic twins have separate placentas.
What is the condition that exclusively affects monozygotic twins due to abnormal placental blood vessel formation?
Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
In multiple births, what characteristic distinguishes Dizygotic twins from Monozygotic twins?
Number of placentas
What is the primary factor that determines whether twins are Dizygotic or Monozygotic?
Egg fertilization process
Why can't we remember anything that happened to us when we were infants to toddlers?
The brain is not yet developed enough to store memories.
What is the concept of infantile amnesia?
Inability to remember anything from infancy to toddlerhood.
Why do developmentalists argue that infants experience infantile amnesia?
Infants undergo rapid changes during infancy.
What type of memory involves information that we don't consciously try to remember?
Implicit memory
According to Freud, why do adults struggle to remember early experiences?
Early experiences are often emotionally distressing.
What distinguishes early procedural and perceptual knowledge from later explicit memories?
Language-based recall
What do researchers assume when a baby looks longer at an unexpected event during an experiment?
The baby is surprised
What do periods of rapid brain growth coincide with in infants?
Changes in cognitive behavior
What does unconscious recall of habits and skills, like tying shoes or throwing a ball, represent according to the text?
Implicit Memory
What is the main focus of Cognitive Neuroscience Approach in studying brain development?
Investigating internal mental processes
At what age can infants as young as 5 months recognize changes in the number of objects?
5 months
What is the purpose of changing an event to something unexpected during infant research experiments?
To observe if the baby displays surprise
What is the term for the association between an individual's genetically influenced behavior and how others react to that behavior?
Reactive Correlation
During prenatal development, what is the period between conception and birth known as?
Gestation
Which type of correlation is defined as the association between an individual's genetic tendencies and the environmental niches they select?
Active Correlation
How do genes influence a person's exposure to particular environments according to Genotype-Environment Correlation?
By affecting the environments they encounter
What does the term 'Niche-picking' refer to in the context of gene-environment interaction?
Choosing environments based on genotype compatibility
Which type of correlation involves the association between the genotype a child inherits and the environment in which they are raised?
Passive Correlation
Why do children under the age of 3 sometimes treat objects as if they were full size?
As a result of faulty communication between immature brain systems
What is the Dual Representation Hypothesis as mentioned in the text?
It is difficult for children to mentally represent both the actual object and its symbolic nature simultaneously
According to the Information-Processing Approach, how is the mind compared to?
A complex information-processing system like a computer
What does the Information-Processing Approach focus on?
How individuals perceive, encode, store, and retrieve information from their environment
What causes confusion for children according to the text?
Keeping more than one mental representation in mind at the same time
Why do children sometimes have difficulty grasping spatial relationships according to the text?
As a result of needing to keep more than one mental representation in mind at the same time
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