Theorists
Cognitive Development
Language and Literacy
Social and Emotional Development
Physical Growth
100
This theorist was prominent in the Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Who is Piaget
100
This is mental development, including problem solving and the acquisition of knowledge
What is cognitive development
100
This is a repetitive vocalization by babies that is believed to be playing with noise rather than true communication
What is babbling
100
This is the bidirectional process by which infants and other people, particularly parents, form emotional bonds with one another
What is attachment
100
This is what babies do before they walk
What is creep
200
This theorist proposed eight stages of Emotional Development
Who is Erikson
200
This is Piaget's stage of cognitive development that encompasses infancy, in which thinking is limited to using physical action and the senses to know about things
What is the sensorimotor stage
200
This is the first stage of language development, which deals with the smallest sound a letter makes
What is the phonemic stage
200
This is the number of dimensions of temperament there are
What is nine dimensions
200
This is an advanced form of grasping, acquired around age 1, in which the thumb and forefinger are used to hold small objects
What is pincer grasp
300
This theorist is considered the Father of Psychoanalysis
Who is Freud
300
This is an understanding that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen
What is object permanence
300
This is the second stage of language development, which deals with the meaning behind words
What is the semantic stage
300
This is the first dimension of Temperament
What is activity level
300
This is the process by which an infant's first teeth sequentially appear by emerging through the gums
What is teething
400
This theorist was the first to apply classical conditioning to children's learning
Who is Watson
400
This is a form of play in which children transform themselves into make-believe characters, change real objects into imaginary ones, and carry out complex make-believe enactments
What is pretend play
400
This is the mode of language in which we take in information
What is receptive language
400
This is the second dimension of temperament
What is the quality of mood
400
This is the ability to visually follow a moving object with one's eyes
What is tracking
500
This theorist believed speech and thought were separate processes in the early years
Who is Vygotsky
500
This is a type of thinking, common in infancy and early childhood, in which children are unable to understand that there are other viewpoints in the world besides their own
What is egocentrism
500
This is the mode of language in which we give out information
What is expressive language
500
This is a disposition in which infants have sunny dispositions, are friendly around strangers, and are easily consoled
What is easy temperament
500
This is what children's experiences will develop in the brain, which accounts for remarkable intellectual growth
What are synapses