Vocab
A baby from birth to about two months of age.
What is a newborn?
He introduced the term self-actualization as the pinnacle of personal growth in his hierarchy of needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
The parenting style where parents are emotionally distant and provide little supervision or support.
What is uninvolved?
The type of development involving the growth of the body, motor skills, and coordination.
What is physical development?
The process of teaching a young child to use the toilet for bowel and bladder control.
What is toilet learning or potty training?
A technique used after feeding an infant to help release air trapped in the stomach.
What is burping?
He identified multiple types of intelligence, such as linguistic, spatial, and interpersonal.
This parenting style values strict obedience, often using punishment to enforce rules.
What is authoritarian?
The development of the ability to think, reason, and understand
What is intellectual?
A term used to describe the very first stage of life, from birth to one year old.
What is an infant?
The repetitive sounds and early vocalizations that babies make as they learn to speak.
What is babbling?
This theorist suggested that development occurs in stages like sensorimotor, preoperational, and concrete operational.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This parenting style encourages open communication and collaboration while maintaining rules and boundaries.
What is authoritative?
The development of the ability to recognize, express, and manage emotions.
What is emotional?
Automatic movements in newborns, such as sucking and grasping, that are not learned.
What are reflexes?
Children with above-average abilities in one or more areas, such as academics, art, or leadership.
What are gifted children?
His psychosocial theory covers key stages of development, including initiative vs. guilt and industry vs. inferiority.
Who is Erik Erikson?
A parenting style where parents act more like friends than authority figures, with few rules or consequences.
What is permissive?
The development of skills to interact and build relationships with others.
What is social development?
At the top of the hierarchy, this level focuses on achieving personal growth, fulfilling potential, and creativity.
What is self actualization?
A play style where children play next to each other but do not interact directly.
This theorist is known for the concept of the "zone of proximal development," emphasizing what children can do with guidance.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
This parenting style is known for its LACK of parenting, often resulting in children who struggle with self-regulation and self-esteem.
What is uninvolved?
The 4 major stages of child development. (PIES)
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social
This type of play involves children working together toward a shared goal, such as building a tower.
What is cooperative play?