Around 18 months, an infant begins to understand that objects continue to exist even if they cannot see them...
What is object permanence?
"Tunnel vision" in which a child focuses on one aspect of an object but ignores others is called...
What is centration?
4-year-olds begin to recognize when messages are confusing but they do not...
What is ask for clarification?
This term explains why there is an adaptive value to parents' nurturing their offspring...
What is evolutionary psychology?
Between 6 and 15 months of age, children cry as a sign of distress when they leave their primary caregiver. It is most pronounced at 9 months of age, and is considered normal
Seperation Anxiety
When children play next to each other and do not interact but have interest in the other, it is called?
What is parallel play?
The intermediate step between speech from others and inner speech is what Vygotsky called...
What is private speech?
This least common attachment style is displayed by a baby who has a confused reaction in response to a caregiver leaving and then returning...
What is disorganized/disoriented attachment?
When you touch an infant's palm and the hand tightly grasps, what is being observed?
What is the palmer grasp reflex?
Around two years old, what starts to slow down in a child?
Physical Growth
The type of play that begins to be displayed during this age group is?
What is group play
When adults speak slowly with exaggerated changes in pitch, loudness, and facial expressions.
What is infant-directed speech?
Infants engaging in a high-pitched cry that is hard to soothe is indicative of...
What is pain?
For two years, the hippocampus grows rapidly which plays a key role in...
What is memory?
the type of questions that are starting to be asked during this stage
what is hypothetical questioning
What predicts the sizes of infants' vocabularies?
What is parental responsiveness?
Most infants can use gestures which is a sign that they understand...
What are symbols?
3-year-olds usually begin showing responsibility for themselves which is part of which developmental stage, per Erikson?
What is initiative vs. guilt?
when a child begins to pick out their own clothes, food, toys is an example of
what is self assertion( sense of control)
when a parent modifies their responses to be in line with the development of their child
what is scaffolding