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| an infant’s response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or her mouth |
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| infant lying on its back, startled by loud noise out of sight above his or her head will respond with arms spread out at right angles to the body and grasp upwards, legs will spread outward |
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| infants respond to a thumbnail drawn across the centre bottom of their foot by flaring their toes outward |
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| infant’s clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand |
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| internally programmed growth of a child |
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| this scientists believed that full intelligence is present at birth |
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| infant knows that an object exists even if it cannot be seen |
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| this scientist believed that children are born with sexual and aggressive urges |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 1st stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child is egocentric, has no sense of right or wrong |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 2nd stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child is egocentric and premoral, they evaluate acts in terms of consequences not right and wrong |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 3rd stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child wants social approval, apply rules literally and rigidly |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 4th stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child is less concerned about the approval of others, moral thinking is quite rigid |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 5th stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child is concerned whether a law is fair or just, believes that laws must change as the world changes, they are never absolute |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg’s 6th stage of moral development |
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| in this stage of development the child involves an acceptance of ethical principles that apply to everyone |
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| inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see |
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| a child’s attempt to understand something new by fitting it into an existing schema |
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| the scientist who studied psychosocial development, life periods in which an individual's goal is to satisfy desires associated with social needs |
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