Three-year-old Jesse used to call all moving vehicles “car.” He now accurately categorizes moving vehicles into trucks, cars, motorcycles, and buses. Jesse has _____ to fit new information into his existing scheme.

When Martha wants to feed her newborn son, she gently brushes her nipple against his cheek and, in a _____ reflex, he turns his head toward the side that was touched and immediately latches on to her breast.

Mandy sees a little girl in the grocery store throwing a screaming tantrum to get a toy. The next week at the mall, Mandy begins screaming and crying to get some candy. Mandy is showing:

Baby Jane, three days old, is shown four drawings: a bright blue square, a white oval, a yellow circle, and a drawing of a face. In view of Fantz’ work, which drawing would she probably prefer to look at?

Identify an outcome, which is supported by research, for infants who are breast fed when compared with bottle-fed infants.

Malorie was born during her mother’s 32nd week of pregnancy. Malorie would be termed a _____ baby.

Marlena, who just found out she is pregnant, has very poor eating habits. Her total calorie intake is very low. She eats very little protein and unbalanced amounts of vitamins and minerals. If she continues her present eating habits, which of the following is MOST likely to occur?

In the Strange Situation, Jermaine used his mother as a “safe base” as he actively explored the playroom. Mary Ainsworth would most likely classify Jermaine as:

Danny’s mother is even-tempered, fair, and tactful. Seeing this, Danny, too, is growing up to be a polite, good-natured boy. This imitation or modeling of behavior mirrors the concept of _____ in Bandura’s social cognitive theory.

In the nature-nurture issue, nature refers to an organism’s _____, nurture to its: