Terms
The special form of language that adults tend to talk to babies with.
Motherse or "Baby Talk".
The ability to control movements of various parts of the body.
Motor control.
The methods a person uses to think and interact with the environment
Schema
Psychologist and cognitive researcher developed his theory of Periods of Cognitive Development.
Jean Piaget
What are the four stages of Jean Piaget's levels of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational.
Stage of cognitive development for birth to two year olds.
Sensorimotor
The combination of perceptual, intellectual, and language abilities the child acquires
Cognitive (Or Cognition)
In phase two of the first acquired adaptations the infant learns to adapt reflexes to the environment and develop schema. Which month of the sensorimotor stage does this occur?
One through four months
Psychologist and researcher who created the psychosocial stages of development.
Erik Erikson
List the three stages of emotions from birth to seven months
Fear, Sadness, Social Smiles
What are the two main factors in personality development?
Acceptable answers: Innate or temperament/environment. Nature vs. Nurture.
The pattern of growth that is head-downward. (Head and neck muscles must develop first)
Cephalocaudal
In phase three of the procedures for making interesting sights last the infant develops the schema to make interesting things last for a while. Which months does this development occur in?
Four to Eight Months
Compare and contrast Piaget's and Erikson's stages of cognitive and psychosocial theories. In which ways are they same? How do they differ?
Both provide complementary theories of development. Piaget focuses on cognitive stages (thinking and learning) Erikson Focuses on psychosocial stages (interactions with others)
List the three stages of emotional development for 8-12 month year olds.
Fear of strangers, separation anxiety, self-awareness.
List the four main parenting styles.
Permissive, Authoritarian, Authoritative, Uninvolved.
The pattern of growth that is center-outward (Torsos and arms before fingers and toes)
Proximodistal
Describe object permanence
A realization that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen. Typically occurs eight through 12 months of development.
Experiment demonstrating attachment theory. Two part answer: Name the researcher and the experiment.
Mary Ainsworth "The Strange Situation".
List the three types of attachments.
Secure attachment, insecure attachment, insecure (anxious or ambivalent) attachment.
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Book, Chapter - Verse
Proverbs 22:6
The fatty substance that helps neural signals move more quickly and efficiently.
Myelin or Myelination
List the four approximate month developments of each type of grasp.
Ulnar: 4 Months, Palmar: 6 Months, Radial: 8 Months, Pincer: 1 Year
Experiment that demonstrated importance of social smiles and cues in emotional development. Two part answer. Name the researchers and the experiment name.
Cohn and Tronick: Still Face Experiments
These are all out of order! Read descriptions and put in order for language development.
Two-word sentences, vocabulary grows to fifty words, reflexive communication, Cooing, First recognizable words, Babbling, consonant and vowel sounds, vocabulary of more than two hundred words.
Newborn: Reflexive communication, Two Months: Cooing, Six Months: Babbling consonant and vowel sounds, 12 months: First recognizable words, Twenty-One Months: Two-word sentences, Twenty-Four Months: Vocabulary of more than two hundred words.