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What is DNA
This is a complex molecule that contains genetic information
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What is organogenesis
The process of organ development
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What is object permanence
The understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched
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What are anger, pain and basic
Name the 3 types of cries
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What is fertilization
The stage in reproduction whereby an egg and a sperm fuse to create a single cell
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What is the axon
The fiber that carries signals away from the neuron’s cell body
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What is Wernicke's area
The area of the brain that controls language comprehension
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What is the vocabulary spurt
The rapid increase in an infant’s vocabulary
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What is nature
This refers to an organism's biological inheritance
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What is spina bifida and anecephaly
These two birth defects that are related to a failure of the neural tube.
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What is explicit
This type of memory includes conscious, intentional recollection of previous experiences and information
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What are Easy, difficult and slow-to-warm up
What are the 3 basic types of temperament
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What is normative age-graded influences
They also include sociocultural, environmental processes such as beginning formal education and retirement.
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What is perception
The interpretation of sensory information
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What is infantile amnesia
Not be able to remember before the age of three
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What is telegraphic speech
"Want ice cream,” “Fall down,” and “Mommy give cookie” are all examples of this
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What is genes
The unit of hereditary information
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What is kwashiorkor
This includes swollen feet and abdomen and is caused by severe protein deficiency
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What is phoneme
The basic unit of sound in a language
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What is A-not-B error
This type of error occurs when infants make the mistake of selecting a familiar hiding place rather than a new hiding place
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