The ability to take more than just one aspect into consideration, the opposite of "psychological tunnel vision"
What is decentration?
100
A type of memory that helps young kids remember what happens when (e.g., at the store we walk the vegetable aisles and then get a cookie, then check-out)
What is a script?
100
Skills and knowledge that has been accumulated over the life.
What is crystallized intelligence?
100
A built-in system of language rules that apply to all human languages.
What is universal grammar?
200
According to Piaget, this is an uncomfortable cognitive state that occurs when a child realizes that new information doesn't match their current schemes.
What is disequilibrium?
200
This information-processing model depicts the gradual, internal learning that occurs prior to changes in behavior that appear stage-like.
What are connectionist models?
200
This concept suggests the negative impacts of an underprivileged existence increase the longer a child remains in such surroundings.
What is the environmental cumulative deficit hypothesis?
200
The connection of a word with it's meaning after being exposed to it only a few times.
What is fast-mapping?
300
The ability to view something as an object as well as a symbol (e.g., diorama)
What is dual representation?
300
The ability to execute attentional strategies consistently, yet the child's performance does not yet improve.
What is a utilization deficiency?
300
This approach regards a child's intelligence as completely due to causes within the child.
What is the componential approach?
300
Short, two-worded utterances that omits words not pertinent to meaning.
What is telegraphic speech?
400
Vygotsky's concept that encompasses all of the activities or skills that are close to, but not within the child's current abilities.
What is the zone of proximal development?
400
The fuzzy-trace theory argues that this type of memory requires less space in working memory, so we use it often.
What is gist memory?
400
This thinking seeks out as many novel, unique and adequate uses for something as possible.
What is divergent thinking?
400
When a word is used for more things than it should be used for (e.g., all four legged animals dogs)
What is overextension?
500
Vygotsky's term for the speech young children use to guide their behavior during challenging tasks.
What is private speech?
500
According to the store model of Info-processing, these two aspects increase with age.
What is basic capacity and strategy use?
500
When a test-takers' awareness of potential stereotypes concerning their characteristics and test performance results in poorer performance.
What is stereotype threat?
500
According to the behaviorist perspective children learn language through these activities.