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teh principle that growth follows a pattern that befins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds down the rest of teh body
cephalocaudal principle
the principle that development proceeds from teh center of the body outward
proximodistal principle
the principle that simple skills typically develop separately and independently but are later integrated into more complex skills
principle of hierarchical integration
the principle that different body systems grow at different rates
principle of the independence of systems
the basic nerve cell of the nervous system
neuron
the gap at the connectin obetween neurons, through which neurons chemically communicate with one anthother
synapse
the elimination of neurons as the result of nonuse or lack of stimulatoin
synaptic pruning
a fatty substance that helps insulate neurons and speds the transmission of nerve impulses
myelin
the degree to which a developing structure or behavior is modifiable due to experience
plasticity
the upper layer of the brain
cerebral cortex
a specific, but limited, time, usually early in teh organisms life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental infludnces relating to some particular facet of devleopment
sensitive period
wher an infant is shaken by a caretaker, usually out of frustration or anger due to a babies crying
shaken bby syndrome
repetitive, cyclical patters of behavior
rhythems
the degree of awareness an infant displays to both internal and external stimulation
state
when a baby is attentive or scanning, the infants eyes are open, bright , and shining (6.7% of their time)
alert
babies spend most of their time in __
active sleep
when a babies eyes are closed; uneven repiration; intermittent rapid eye movements.
active sleep
the period of sleep that is found in older children and alduts and is associated with dreaming
rapid eye movement sleep
why is REM slep important for infants?
it provides a means for the brain to stimulate itself (autostimulation
REM sleep is abundant in __ but then declines in quntity
infancy
infants sleeping with their mothers at night
co-sleeping
the enexplained death of a seemingly healthy baby
sudden infant death syndrome
unlearned, organized involuntary responses that occur automatically in teh presence of certian stimuli
reflexes
at __ months, an infant is able to opens hands and prominetly, grasps ratlle
3
at __ months, a baby can grasp with the thumb and finger
8
at __ months, an infant should be able to hold a crayon adaptively
11
at __ months, an infant should be able to build a tower of two cubes
14
at __ months, an infant should be able to place pegs in a board
16
at __ month, an infant should be able to inmiate strokes on a piece of paper
24
at __ months, an infant should be able to copy a circle
33
the average performance of a large sample of chiren of a given age
norms
a measure designed to determine infants neurological and behaviorlal responses to their environement
Brazelton Neotnatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS)
infant should consume __ calories a day for each pound they weigh
50
the condition of having an improper amount and balance of nutrients, produces several results, none good
malnutrition
a disease of malnutrition in which infants stop growing, caused by sever deficiency in proteins and calories, causes the body to waste away and ultimately results in death
marasmus
a disease of malnutrition in whcih a childs stomach, limbs, and face swell with water.
kwashiorkor
a disorder in which infants stop growing due to lack of stimulation and attention as the result of inadequate parenting
nonorganic failure to thrive
is breastfeeding better than bottle feeding?
yes
a baby can start solid food around __ months
6
the gradual cessation of breast- or bottle feeding, frequently occurs at 3-4 months
weaning
the physical stimulation of the sense organs
sensation
the sortingout, interpretation, analysis, and integration of stimuli involvin the sense organs and brain
perception
teh __ experiment examines the depth perception of infants
visual cliff
__ permits us to pinpoint the direction from which a sound is emanating
sound localization
infants perfer more __ imagery
complex
there is evidence that by 32 weeks, the sense of __ has developed
touch
the approach that considers how information that is collected by various individual sensory systems is integrated and coordinated
multimodal approach to perception
the action possibiities that a given situation or sitmulus provides
affordances
piagets views of the ways infants learn could be summed in a simple equation: __=__
action, knowledge
piaget suggested that knowlege is the product of __
direct motor behavior
an organized patterns of functioning that adapt and hange with mental functioing
scheme
the process in which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking
assimilation
changes in existing ways of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events
accommodation
occurs when a stimulus or event is acted upon, percieed, and understood in accordance with exisiting pattersn of thought
assimilation
when a child sees a flying squirrel and calls it a boird witha tail, he is beginning __
accomidation
piagets initial major stage of cognitive development, which can be broken down into six substages
sensorimotor stage of cognitive development
substage of piagets sensorimotor stage: during this period, the varous reflexes that determine the infants interactions with the world are at the center of its cognitive life (first month of life)
simple reflexes
substage of piagets sensorimotor stage: at this age infants begin to coordiante what were seperate actions into single integrated activites (from 1-4 months)
first habits and primary circular reactions
substage of piagets sensorimotor stage: during this period, infants take major strides in shifting their cognitive horizons beyond sthemselves and begin to action on the outside (from 4-8 months)
secondary circular reactions
substage of piagets sensorimotor stage: in this stage infants begin to use mpre cacluated approaches to producing events, coordinating several schemes to generate a single act. they achicve object permanace during this stage (8-12 months)
coordination of secondary circular reactions
substage of piagets sensorimotor stageAt this age infants develop what piaget regards as the deliberate variation of actions that bring desirable consequences. rather than just repeating enjoyable activities, infants appear to carry out miniature experiments to oberve the consequences (12-18 months)
tertiary circular reactions
substage of piagets sensorimotor stage: the major achievement of substage 6 is the capacity for mental representation or symbolic thought. piaget argued that only at this stage can infants imagine where objects that they cannot see might be (18 months-2 years)
begginnings of thought
piaget argues that there is a period of __ in which some behavior reflects one stage, while other behavior refelcts the more advanced stage
transition
__ are schemes reflecting an infants repetition of interesting o enjoyable actions whifch focus on the infants own body
primary circular reactions
schemes regarding repeated acions that bring about a desirable consequence
secondary circular reaction
the realization that people and objects exist even when they cannot be seen
objejct permanance
reserch on babies in nonwestern cultures suggests that piagests stagse are not univerasal, but are to some degree __ derived
culturally
the model that seeks to identify the way that individuals take in use, and store information
information processing aproaches
the process by which information is innitially recorded in a form usuable to memory
endcoding
the process by which material in meory storage s located brought into awareness and used
retrieval
the placement of materioal into memory
storage
the degree to which an activity requires attention
automatization
the process by which information is encoded, sotred, and retrieved
information processing
the process by which information is intially recorded, sotred and retrieved
memory
the lack of memory for experience that occurred propr to 3 years of age
infantile amnesia
memory that isi conscious and that can be recalled intnetionally
explicit memory
memory which we are not consciously aware, but that affect performance nad behavior
implicit memory
an overall developmental score that relates to erformance in four domains: motor skills, language use, adaptive behavior, and personal-social
developmental quotient
a measure that evaluates an infants development from 2-42 months
bayley scales of infant development
baley scales focus of __ and __ abiliteis
metal, motor
measures of visual recognition memory, the memory of and recogntion of a stimulus that has been previously seen, also relte to intelligence. the more quickly an infant can retrieve a representaiton of a stimulus form memory, the more efficient, presumably is thats infants information processing
visual recognition memory measurement
rather than focusing on broad explanations of the _ changes that occur in infants capabilities as piaget does, information processing look sat the __ changes
qualitative, quantitative
the systematic meaningful arragement of symbols, which provides the basis for communication
language
refers to teh basic sounds of language called phonemes that can be combined to produce words or sentaces
phonolgy
the smallest language unit that has meaning
morphemes
the rules that govern the meaning of words and sentences
semantics
with language, comprehension precedes __
production
throughout infancy, the __ of speech precedes teh __ of speech
comprehension, production
communication through sounds, facial expressions, gestures, imitation, and other nonlinguistic means
prelinguistic communication
making speechlike but meaningless sounds
babbling
babbling starts at eh age of __ and continues until the age of __
2-3 months, 1 year
first words generally are spoken somewhere around teh age of __
10-14
at ages __, there is an explosion of language in which a childs vocab typically increases form __ words
16-24, 50-400
one word utterances that stand for a whole phrase the meaning of which depends on the particular context in which they are used
holophrases
speech in whcih words not critical to the message are left out
telegraphic speech
north americal english speaking infants are more apt to use __ initially, chineses are more likely to use __
nouns, verbs
children creat 2 words phrases by around __ after they say their first word
8-12 months
__ icludes the use of short, imple sentences and is said in a ptch that is higher than that used with older aduts
infant directed speech
the overly restrictive use of words common among children just mastering spoken language
underextension
the overly broad use of words, overgeneralizing their meaning
overextension
a style of language use in whcih language is used primarily t label objects
referential style
a style of language use in which language is used primarily to express feelings and needs about oneself and others
expressive style
the theory that anguage acquisition follows the basic lawas of reinforcement and conditioning
learning theroy approach
the theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development
nativist approach
noam chomsky's theroy that all teh worlds languages share a similar underlying structure
universal grammer
a neural system of the brain hypothesized to permit understanding of language
language acquisition device (LAD)
through the process of __ language becomes more and more similar to adult speech
shaping
the __ suggests that language development is produced througha combination of genetically determined predispositions and environemntal circumstances that help teach language
interactionist perspective
a type of speech directed toward infants characterized by short, simple sentences
infant directed speech
the nonverbal expression of emotion
nonverbal encoding
although infants display similar kinds of emotions, teh __ of emotional expressivity varies among infants
degree
by the age of 11 months, __ infants are generally less expressive than european, american, and japanese infants
chinese
when infants smile at a person, rather than a nonhuman stimulus, theya re displaying a __
social smile
the caution and wariness displayed by infants when ecountering an unfamiliar person
stranger anxiety
the distress displayed by infants when a customary care provider departs
separation anxiety
by __ weeks babies begin to smile reliably at the sight of stimuli that please them, including toys, mobiles, and to the delight of parnets, people
6-9
the intnentional search for information about others feelings to help explain the meaning of uncertain circumstances and events
social referencing
knowledge of oneself
self-awareness
knowledge and beliefs about how the mind works and how it affects behavior
theory of mind
the roots of selfawareness knowledge of oneslef bgin to grow after the age of __ months
12
beings who are similar to themselves who behave under their own power and who have the capacity to resond to infants requrests
compliant agents
an emotional response that corresponds to the feelings of antoher person
empathy
the positve emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual
attachment
a sequence of staged episodes that illustrate the strength of attachment betwen a child and typically his or her mother
Ainsworth Strange Situation
a style of attachemnt in which children use the mother as a kind of home base and are at ease when she is present; when she leaves, they become upset and go to her as soon as she returns
secure attachment pattern
behavior that takes place during a critical period and involves attachemnt to teh first moing object that is observed
imprinting
Infant attachment: seeking proximity with caregiver: low; Maintaining contact with caregiver: low; avoiding proximity with caregiver: high; resisting contact with caregiver: low
avoidant
Infant attachment: seeking proximity with caregiver: high; Maintaining contact with caregiver: high; avoiding proximity with caregiver: low; resisting contact with caregiver: low
secure
Infant attachment: seeking proximity with caregiver: high; Maintaining contact with caregiver: high; avoiding proximity with caregiver: low; resisting contact with caregiver: high
ambivalant
Infant attachment: seeking proximity with caregiver: inconsistent; Maintaining contact with caregiver: inconsistent; avoiding proximity with caregiver: inconsistent; resisting contact with caregiver: inconsistent
disorganized-disoriented
a style of attachment in which chidren do not seek proximity to the mother; after the mother has left, they seem to avoid her when she returns as if they are angered by her behavior
avoidant attachment pattern
a style of attachment in which children display a comination of positive and negative reations to their mothers; they show great distress when the mother leaves, but upon her return they may simultaneously seek close contact but also hit and kick her
ambivalent attachemtn behavior
style of attachemnt in which children show inconsistent, often contradicotry behavior such as approaching teh mother when she returns but not looking at her; they may be the learst securely attachemd children of all
disorganized-disoriented attachment pattern
a psychological problem characterized by extreme problems in forming attachment to others
reactive attachment disorder
when caregivers responds to infants appropriatley and both caregiver and child match emotional states
interactional synchrony
certian disorders such as depression and substance abuse have been found to be more related to __ behavior
fathers
neurons that fire not only when an individual enacts a particualr behaivor but also when teh inividual simply oberves another organism carrying out of the same behavior
mirror neurosns
the sum total of the enduring characterisitcs that differentiate one individual from another
personality
the theroy htat considers how individuals come to understnad themselves and the meaning of othres; and their own behavior
eriksons theory of psychosocial development
according to erikson, the period druing which infants develop a sense of trust or mistrust, largely depending on how well their needs are met by their caregivers
trust-versus-mistrust stage
the period during which according to erikson toddlers (aged 18 month to 3 years) develop indiepdence and autonomy if they are allowed the freedom to explre or shame and self doubt if they are restricted and overprotected
autonomy versus shame and doubt stage
pattersn of arousal and emotionality that are consistent and enduring characterisics of an individual
temperament
referes to how children behave as opposed to what they do or why they do it
temperament
temperament is reflected in several dimensions of behavior. oone central dimension is __ which reflects the degree of overall movment
activity level
another imortant dimension of temperament is the nature and quaity of an infants mood and nparticualr a chlds __
irritability
babies who have a positive diposition thier body functions operate regularly and they are adaptable
easy babies
babies who have negative moods and are slow to adapt to enw situations when confronted with a new situation they tend to withdraw
difficult babies
babies who are inactive showing relativly calm reactions to their enviornment; their moods are generally negative and they withdraw form new situations adapting slowly
slow to warm babies
the notion that evleopment is dependnet on the degree of match between childrens temperament and teh nature and demands of teh envormentnt in which they are raised
goodness of fit
the sense of being male or female
gender
teh resonse to a new person or object based on whehter the child accept the new situation or wighdraws form it
approach/withdrqwl
how ealily the child is able to adapt to changes in his or her envonrment
adaptability
the deree to which stimlui in the enviornment after behaivor
distractibility
the number of single parent families has__ dramatically in the last two decades as teh number of two parent households has __
increased, declined
teh average size of families is __
shrinking
the number of adolescent birth has __
declined
more than __ of mothers of infants work outside th eome
1/2
__ children lives in low income households in teh US
1 in 3
children who spend __ hours a week in grou child care for a year or more have an increased probability of being disruptive in class
10 or more
body weight more than 20% higher than the average weight for a person of a given age and height
ovesity
the best strategy for parents is to make sure tha they make a variety of __
low fat and high nuturiton foods available
by the end of the preschool period, teh __ a bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemisphers of the brain becomes considerably thicker, developing as many as 800 million individual fibers that help coordinate brain functioning betwent he two hempishpers
corpus callosum
a protective insulation that surrounds parts of neuorns which speeds thte transmission of electrical impulses along brain cells but also adds to brain weight
myelin
the proccess in which certian cognitive functions are located more in one hemisphere of teh brain than ain tleh thoer
lateralizatoin
according to one study, __ in teh brain has been linked to advances in cogintive abilities at various stages across the life span
electrical activity
myelination fo teh __ an arae of teh brain associated with attention and concnetration is completed by teh tie children are about 5 years old
reticular formation
the preference of using one hand over another
handedness
__% of people are right handed __% of people are left handed
90, 10
according to piaget, teh stage from approximately age 2-7 in which childrens use of symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning emerges and the use of concepts increases
preoperational stage
organized formal logical mental procreses
operations
according to piaget, a key aspect of preoperational thought is __ the ability to use a mental symbol a word or an object to stannd for or represent something that is not physcially present
symbolic function
the process of concentrating on one limited aspect of a stimulus andingnoring other aspects
centration
the knowledge that quantity is unrealted to the arragemnet and physcial appearance of objects
consercation
the process in which one state is changed into another
transformation
thinking that does not take into account the viewpoints of others
egocentric thought
thinking that reflects preschoolers use tof preimitve reasoning and their avid acquisitoin of knowldge about the world
intuitive thought
by the end of the preoperational stage, preschoolers begin to grasp __, the idea that actions, events, and outcomes are related to one antoher in fixed pattenrs
functionality
the understanding that certain things stay the same regardless of changes in shape size and appearnce fo
identity
piaget regrded the development of __ as teh transition from teh preoperational period to the next stage, concrete operations,
conservation
memory of particular events form ones own life
autobiographical memory
broad represntations in momory of events and teh order in which they occur
scripts
bygotsky viewed cognitive devleopment as the product of __
social interactions
vygostkys increasingly influentail view focuses on teh socail aspects of __ and __
devleopment and learning
according to bygotsky, the level at which a child can almost but not fully, perform a task independetly but can do so with the assistance of someone more competent
zone of proximal development (ZPD)
the support for learning and problem solving that encourages independecce and growth
scaffolding
the way in which an inidivual combines words and phrases to form sentences
syntax
instance in which new words are associated with their meaing after ony a brief encounter
fast mapping
the system of rules that dtermine how our thoughts can be expressed
grammar
speech by children taht is spoken and directed to themselves
private speech
the aspect of language that relates to communicating effectively and appropriately with others
pragmatics
speech directed toward antoher person and meant to be understood by that person
social speech
approximatly __% of children in teh US are enrolled in some form of care outside of the home
75
according to erickson development that encompasses changes both in the understandings individuals have themselves as members of society andin their comprehsion of the meaning of others behavior
psychosocial development
according ot erikson, the period during which children aged 3-6 years experience conflict between independece of action and the sometimes negative results of that action
initiative versus guilt stage
a persns identity or set of beliefs about what one is like as an idnivdual
self concept
the phenomeon in which minority children indicate preferences for majoirty values or people
race dissonance
a philosophy that promotes the notion of interdependence
collectivistic orientation
a philosophy that emphasizes personal identify and teh uniqueness of the individual
individualistic orientation
the perception of oneself as male or female
gender identity
a cognitive framework that organizes information revelent to gender
gender schema
the awareness that people are permanetly males or females depending on fixed unchangeable biological facotrs
gender constancy
a state in which gender roles encompass characterisitcs thought typical of both sexes
androgynous
according to the __ gender rigidity is in part a reflection of preschoolers understandig of gnder
cognitive developmental theory
play that involves simple repetitive acticities typical of 3 year olds
funcitonal play
play in which children manipulate objects to produce or build something
constructive play
action in wich children play with similar toys, in a similar manner, but do not interact with each other
parallel play
action in which children simply watch others play but do not actually paricipate thermselves
onlooker play
play in which two or more children actually ineract with one another by sharing or borrowing toys or materials, although they do not do the same thing
associative play
play in whcih children genuinely ineract with one antoher, taking turns plaing games or devising contests
cooperative play
parents who are controlling punitive rigid, and cold and whose word is law. they value strict, unquestioning obedience form their children and do not tolerate experssions of disagreement
authoritarian parents
parents who provide lax and inconsistent feedback and require little of their children
permissive parents
parents who are firm, setting clear and consisten limits but who try to reason with their children, giving explanations for why they should behave in a particualr way
authoritative parents
parents who show almost no interst in their children and indifferent rejecting behavior
uninvolved parents
tend to be withdrawn, who little socialbilty and are not very freindly and often behave uneasliy around peers. girls dependent on parents, boys hostile
children of authoritarian parents
generally independent friendlly, slef assertive, and cooperative. strong motivation to achieve , typcially successful and likeable.
children of authoritative parents
tend to be dependent and moody and are low in social skills and self control.
children of permissive parents
show direupted emotional development. feel unloved emotionally detached and their physcial and cognitive devleopment may be impeded as well
children of univolved parents
__ is the most frequent form of abuse
neglect
the theory that the abuse and neglect that children suffer preidpose them as adults to abuse and neglct their own children
cycle of violence hypothesis
abuse that occurs when parents or other caregivers harm childresns behavioral cognitive emotinal or phsycial functioning
psychological maltreatment
the ability to vercome circumstance that place a child at high risk for psycholgocial physical damage
resilience
the changes in peoples sense of justice and of what is right and wrong, and in their behaivor related to moral issues
moral developmental
helpoing behavior that benefits othrs
prosocial behavior
stage of piagets moral development: rules are seen as invariant and unchangeable. during his stage, which lasts form about age 4-7, children play games rigidly assuming that here is one and only one way to play
heternomous morality
stage of piagets moral development: lasts form around age 7-10, childrens games become more clealy social
incipient cooperation stage
stage of piagets moral development: begins at age 10, that children become fully aware tha formal game rules can be modified if the players agree
autonomous cooperation stage
the process in which modelling paves the way for teh development of more general rules and priciples
abstract modeling
intentional injury or harm to antoher person
aggression
the capability to adjust emotions to a desired state and level of intensity
emotinal self regulation
aggression motivated by the desire to obtain a concrete goal
inrumental aggression
nonphyscial aggression that is intended to hurt antoher perons psychological well being
relational aggression