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Motor Skills
Cognition
Social/Emotional
Language
Perception
100
These are unlearned, involuntary responses that occur in the presence of different stimuli.
What are reflexes?
100
He was the theorist who identified the sensorimotor stage as the first stage of cognitive development.
Who is Jean Piaget?
100
This emotion can be used for problem-solving, release of frustration, and is viewed in different ways by different cultures.
What is anger?
100
This is another word for "baby talk."
What is parentese?
100
This refers to the ability to take in and organize sensory experiences.
What is perception?
200
This is the ability to move from one place to another.
What is locomotion?
200
Heathly relationships result in the secretion of these chemicals, which reates a feeling of well-being.
What are neurotransmitters?
200
These techniques can be as simple as thumb-sucking or as complex as sharing important feelings.
What are self-calming techniques?
200
This is the type of language in which the child communicates his/her needs.
What is expressive language?
200
The process of combining and integrating information across the senses.
What is sensory integration?
300
This is the development of hands and fingers, an organized skill that is increasingly refined.
What is manipulation?
300
These are the basic building blocks of the brain.
What are neurons?
300
This is a factor to consider when deciding to enroll a baby into child care.
What is separation anxiety?
300
This is the ability to listen and speak, and eventually to read and write.
What is literacy?
300
The responsiveness to discomfort and pain.
What is sensitivity?
400
This is the small motor skill that involves the pointer finger and thumb to pick up small objects.
What is the pincer grasp?
400
According to Piaget, this second stage of cognitive development is when children acquire the ability to pretend.
What is the preoperational stage?
400
This is an emotional and effectionate bond that involves two individuals coming together and staying together.
What is attachment?
400
This is the skill of learning two or more languages and being fluent in them.
What is bilingualism?
400
They include hearing, taste, smell, touch, and vision.
What are the five senses?
500
This is the type of mobility experience directly related to trust and attachment.
What is exploration?
500
Vygotsky described this as the process of adults assisting children with their learning.
What is the zone of poximal development (ZPD)?
500
This type of play shows cognitive growth in the ability to construct and hold mental images.
What is pretend play?
500
This is the process in which a young child uses context cues to make a quick and reasonably accurate guess about the meaning of an unfamililar word.
What is fast mapping?
500
A perception of something being judged as beautiful, often wrongly unconsidered when setting up an infant/toddler environment.
What are aesthetics?