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Newborns are capable of certain coordinated movement patterns called reflexes: 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ |
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1. Grasping reflex- (stimulus is to touch their palm) an infant can grasp objects. This possibly from our ape like evolution 2. Rooting reflex- is a newborn is touched anywhere around the mouth, he or she will move his or her head and mouth towards the source of the touch ex. breastfeeding and bottles 3. Sucking reflex- if you put something in a newborn's mouth, they will suck on it. Sucking is the most complex reflex. |
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| the study of the changes that occur as people grow up and grow old. |
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| trying to fit the world into your own plans |
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| changing our plans to fit the characteristics of the world |
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| the realization that things and people exist even it one cannot see them or touch them. Infants do not have object permanence, It begins to develop around 10-12 months and is fully developed between 18-24 months. |
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| the ability to picture or represent thing in one's mind. It develops at around 14 months. |
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| Principle of conservation |
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| the principle that a given quality does not change when its appearance is changed. It develops at around 5-7 years. (example- the same amount of water in two differently shaped jars) |
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| Piaget's stages that take place in children's understanding |
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1. sensorimotor stage (birth-2) child learns from their body and sensations 2. preoperational stage92-6) the child begins to use images and symbols to understand 3. concrete operational stage (6-12) the child uses logical schemes but understanding is limited to concrete objects or probelms formal operatonal stage (12-to adult) one has acquired the ability to solve abstract probelms |
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is a term applied to people who, since childhood have been less able to learn and understand things that most people of the same age. It is an intellectual disabilty rather than emotional. |
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| the period of time from conception to dealth studied by developmental psychologists |
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| Growth that is programmed internally |
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The infant's activity, passivity, crying, or cuddliness are indications of this. |
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| the most comprehensive and influential theory of intellectual development |
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| Piaget states that children pass through the same predictable _____, although the rate of development may vary |
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| In piaget's theory, plans for knowing involve the construction of shemes. |
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| Assimilation and Accomodation work togather to produce intellectual growth. |
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| At ten to twelve months most children become upset when the mother or primary caretaker leaves their presence. They are said to be exhibiting_____. |
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| The first stage of cognitive development, according to Piaget. |
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| Research indicates that chimpanzees can develop intellectually as far as the 2 year old human child. |
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| Children are using ________ when they leave out words but still convey their meaning. |
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| the capacity in some species by which attachments are formed to other organisms or to objects very early in life is called imprinting. |
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