Cognitive and Emotional Development

All About Piaget

100

Piaget believed children's poor perspective-taking skills reflected what concept?

Pre-operational Egocentrism 

200

A complex and long term process of understanding intentions as discussed in the pre-operational stage is called: 

Theory of mind

300

In order to understand ______ ____________ a child must have at least a rudimentary capacity to keep the object in mind when it is not present.

object permanence 

400

What are the four concepts in understanding language?

Phonology(sound), Semantics(meaning of words), Syntax(sentence production), and Pragmatics(effectively communicating)

500

At what age in the sensorimotor stage can a child sit on their own without support?

7 months

Cognitive Concepts

100

When a child is able to grasp a concept or perform a skill with the support from someone else they are in what phase?

Zone of Proximal Development

200

The two different kinds of memory in a child's cognitive development process are: 

recognition and recall

300

An 18-24-moth-old left with a babysitter might show signs of __________ ___________ in the parent's absence. 

Separation Anxiety

400

The 3 fundamental skills most often described at EF's (executive functions) are:

working memory, self-regulation, and cognitive flexibility 

500

Central to Vygotsky's theory, what idea reflected Piaget's concepts of assimilation and accommodation?

Mediated Learning 

Emotions

100

What are the following: Pride, Shame, Embarrassment, Empathy, and Guilt

Self conscious emotions

200

What is emotion regulation?

strategies and behaviors we use to moderate our emotional experiences in order to meet the demands of different situations or achieve goals

300

What does differential emotions theory (DET) focus on?

Emotions are universal, naturally occurring phenomena mediated by evolutionarily old subcortical brain structures.

400

In the still-face paradigm, two examples of self-directed coping behaviors in infants are:

looking away, rocking, sucking, rubbing their hair

500

Emotions exist to serve many purposes for humans, name three of these:

^{1. motivators of behavior}

^{2. behavior reinforcers} 

^{3. means of communication}

^{4. survival skills} 

^{5. assist cognitive functions} 

Attachment

100

The principle of seeing others as dependable and trustworthy 

Basic trust

200

What attachment is shown? A baby is in distress when the mother leaves and greets her happily upon her return.

Securely Attached 

300

What is an insecurely attached style in which the infant is distressed when separated from their mother and angry upon their return, avoiding the mothers' efforts to comfort them.

Anxious ambivalent 

400

Infants who are securely attached have more capacity to _________ ____ _____ _________  than those who are insecurely attached. 

regulate their stress reactions

500

Infants who show behavioral inhibition often become ___ children requiring sensitive handling by adults.

shy

Clinical Application

100

Most therapies for young children emphasize _____.

Play

200

How early can a child exhibit signs of autism?

From birth

300

List 4 attachment based intervention programs:

_{1. Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC)}

_{2. Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)}

_{3. Video-based Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting (VIPP)}

_{4. Circle of Security} 

400

List all 3 components of effective therapy:

_{1. Provide a voice for the baby}

_{2. Provide support for the parent}

_{3. Learn some new skills}

500

Before any clinical intervention, helping professionals should ask about what two things?

The intensity and duration of fears