Language
The systematic , meaningful arrangement of symbols , which provides the basis for communication .
What is language
Speech directed toward another person and meant to be understood by that person .
What is social speech
Organized mental structure and pattern .
What is a schema
Organized , formal , logical mental processes .
What are operations
An internal image of past event or object
What is mental representation
Making speechlike but meaningless sounds .
What is babbling
A type of speech directed toward infants , characterized by short , simple sentences .
What is infant-directed speech
The process in which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking .
What is assimilation
The process of concentrating on one limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring other aspects .
What is centration
Thinking that does not take the viewpoints of others into account .
What is egocentric thought
One- word utterances that stand for a whole phrase , whose meaning depends on the particular context in which they are used .
What are holophrases
The overly broad use of words , overgeneralizing their meaning .
What is overextension
Changes in existing ways of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events .
What is accommodation
The knowledge that quantity is unrelated to the arrangement and physical appearance of objects .
What is conservation
The process by which information is initially recorded , stored , and retrieved
What is memory
The way in which words and phrases are combined to form meaningful sentences .
What is syntax
The overly restrictive use of words , common among children just mastering spoken language .
What is underextension
The support for learning and problem solving that encourages independence and growth .
What is scaffolding
The process whereby one state is changed into another .
What is transformation
Memory of particular events from ones own life
What is autobiographical memory
The system of rules in a given language that determine how thoughts can be expressed .
What is grammar
Speech in which words not critical to that message are left out .
What is telegraphic speech
Piaget's initial major stage of cognitive development , which can be broken down into six substages .
What is the sensorimotor stage ( of cognitive development )
Broad representations in memory of events and the order in which they occur .
What are scripts
Thinking that reflects preschoolers use of primitive reasoning and their avid acquisition of knowledge about the world .
What is intuitive thought