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__________ describes the brain’s high responsiveness to environmental circumstances.

Erikson and Bowlby both viewed __________ as the key issue in an infant’s attachment to others.

What approach that attempts to understand cognitive development views development as continuous?

When children first begin to walk, they spread their feet apart and take small, stiff-legged steps, shifting their weight from one leg to the other. These movements give the __________ stage of development its name.

The production of neurons starts __________ of prenatal development and most are produced __________ of prenatal development.

By the end of his or her first year, the typical infant __________.

What is the term that developmentalists use to describe the oo-ing, ah-ing, and gurgling sounds that infants produce around 2 months of age?

An infant’s attention becomes more socially driven between __________ months and __________ months.

From infancy onward, __________ comes easier to us than __________.

Object permanence is not just a test of knowledge of the properties of objects; it is also a test of __________.