Psychology & Sociology

Mr. Pankow: Behavior & Behavior Change

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Fertilization occurs at week ____ after last menstrual period

The fetus is developed at ____ weeks after last menstrual period

Full term is between ____ and ____ weeks

Major motor milestones 2-4 months → ____ 2-5 months → ____ 5-8 months → ____ 5-10 months → ____ 6-11 months → ____ 7-12 months → ____ 7-13…

Gross motor skills involve ____ muscles Fine motor skills involve ____ muscles

Infants will develop from ____ to ____

____ reflex is when an infant turns their head when their cheek is stroked

Rooting reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when babies fan their toes outward when their soles are stroked

Babinski reflex is when ____

____ reflex is an infants startle reaction where they fan out arms

Moro reflex is ____

____ reflex is when a baby's head is turned, the arm on that side straightens while the other arm bends

Tonic neck reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when a baby's skin is stroked, the baby moves to the side it was stroked

Galant reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when children close their hands on anything that comes in their palm

Palmer grasp reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when a baby will suck on any object in its mouth

Sucking reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when infants will start to step when held upright with feet touching flat surface

Stepping reflex is when ____

____ reflex is when infants in water move their legs/arms in a swimming motion and involuntarily hold their breath

Swimming reflex is when ____

Appearence of prenatal reflexes in adults signifies ____

Adolescence is ____

____ is the transition period between childhood and adulthood

Puberty begins at approximately ____ y/o in males and ____ y/o in females

Puberty causes brain changes in the ____, ____, and ____

Teenagers express poor judgement as a result of ____

Teenagers express ____ as a result of an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex

Synaptic pruning is ____

____ is breaking down connections between certain neurons and focusing resources on the ones we use the most

____ looks at the genetic component to behavior

Behavioral genetics looks at ____

____ is passing traits from parents/ancestors to offspring through genes

Traits are ____

____ are distinguishing qualities and characteristics that compose us

Inherited traits are ____

Acquired traits are ____

Simple traits = ____ Complex traits = ____

Temperament is ____ and ____

____ is the innate component of personality and persistant as an individual ages.

Temperament can include ____, ____, and ____

Personality is believed to be ____ over a person's lifetime

Classical twin study compares ____

Monozygotic twins share ____% of genes Dizygotic twins share ____% of genes

A problem with twin studies is that ____

Adoption studies are used to ____

____ are used to compared adopted children to biological family and adopted family

Problems with adoption studies include that ____ and ____

In twin/adoption studies, a strong genetic component would have: identical twins ____ fraternal twins identical twins raised together ____…

In twin/adoption studies, a weak genetic component would have: identical twins ____ fraternal twins identical twins raised together ____ id…

Heritability is ____

____ is the percentage of variation of traits due to genes

If the environment is kept 100% the same between individuals with different genes and they exhibit differing traits, then the trait is cons…

heritability symbol = ____

epigenetics is ____

____ is changes in gene expression that do not involve altering the DNA sequences

The function of behavior is to ____

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