Concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
what is schema?
Specialized organ, sustains the life of the embryo by transferring oxygen and nutrients, removing waste products, and after the initial months of gestation, secreting hormones that sustain the pregnancy
what is a placenta?
physical closeness with a caregiver
What is contact comfort?
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
what is cognitive development?
____ are born preferring sights and sounds that facilitate social responsiveness
What is a neonate?
Parenting style that is characterized by having few and inconsistent rules and a relaxed attitude to parenting that is more like a friend than a parent
what is permissive?
Interpreting our new experience in terms of our existing schemas
what is assimilation?
Infants have a set of innate (existing from birth) unlearned behavior patterns to help the infant to survive
Parenting style that is child-centered, in that parents closely interact with their children, while maintaining high expectations for behavior and performance, as well as a firm adherence to schedules and discipline.
What is Authoritative?
Developmental psychologist, initially developed children’s intelligence tests, focus on differences in thinking between adults and children
who is jean piaget?
The difficulty or inability that adults have in remembering detailed or episodic memories (memories were time, place and events can be identified) from early childhood, generally prior to age 3 or 4
what is infant amnesia?
Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
what is accommodation?