Mental entity that represents an external object or event, typically without reflecting its perceptual and behavioral qualities.
What is a Symbol.
100
Specific mental processes that people intentionally use to acquire or manipulate information
What is cognitive strategies
100
Component of memory that holds knowledge and skills for a relatively long period of time.
What is Long-term memory
100
significant deficit in one or more cognitive processes, to the point where special education services are required.
What is Learning disability
100
a small human, being characterized mainly by their having spent very few years alive thus far.
What is a child
200
One's knowledge about specific topics and the world in general.
What is Knowledge base
200
attempting to learn and remember information by repeating it over and over.
What is rehearsal
200
Component of memory that enables people to actively think about and process a small amount of information.
What is working memory
200
looking at someone else for clues about how to respond to a particular object or event
What is social referencing
200
process through which an adult and child share responsibility for directing various aspects of the childs learning.
What is co-regulated learning
300
Theoretical perspective that focuses on the specific ways in which people mentally acquire, interpret, and remember information and how such cognitive processes change over the course of development.
What is Information processing theory
300
process of using prior knowledge to embellish on new information and thereby learn it more effectively.
What is elaboration
300
general inability to recall events that have occured in the early years of life.
What is infantile amnesia
300
disability characterized by inattention, by hyperactivity and impulsive behavior, or by all of these characteristics.
What is Attention deficit-hyperactive disorder (ADHD)
300
theoretical perspective proposing that children construct increasingly integrated and complex understandings of physical and mental phenomena.
What is theory theory
400
Process of becoming able to respond quickly and efficiently while mentally processing or physically performing certain tasks.
What is automization
400
extent to which one is able to reflect on the nature of one's own thinking process.
What is Meta-cognitive awareness
400
Component of memory that holds incoming information in an unanalyzed form for a very brief time (2-3 seconds or less).
What is sensory register
400
Phenomenon in which two people simultaneous focus on the same object or event, monitor each others attention, and coordinate their responses.
What is joint attention
400
theoretical perspective proposing that some knowledge is biologically built in available at birth or sooner.
What is nativism
500
Tightly integrated set of ideas about a specific object or situation.
What is schema
500
beliefs regarding the nature of knowledge and knowledge acquisition.
What is epistemological beliefs
500
component of the human information processing system that oversees the flow of information throughout the system.
What is the central executive
500
awareness of shared perceptions and understandings that provide the foundation for social interaction.
What is inter-subjectivity
500
revision of one's knowledge and understanding of a topic in response to new knowledge about the topic.