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| visual preference technique |
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| a common behavioral method used to evaluate infant sensory capacities, which involves presenting two different stimuli at once to determine if the baby displays a preference by looking at one longer than the other |
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| the process in which attention to novelty decreases with repeated exposure |
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| the term used to describe the process in which an infant's interest is renewed after a change in the stimulus |
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| the smallest sound categories in human speech that distinguish meanings; they vary from language to language |
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| the ability to perceive an object or event by more than one sensory system simultaneously |
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| a specific, well-integrated, automatic response to a specific type of stimulation |
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| learning in which previously existing behaviors come to be elicited by new stimuli |
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| in classical conditioning, a stimulus that elicits a behavior that is dependent on the way it is paired with an unconditional stimulus |
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| in classical conditioning, a stimulus such as food in the mouth that invariably causes the unconditional response |
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| learning in which changes in behavior are shaped by the consequences of that behavior, thereby giving rise to new and more complete behaviors |
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| the term for the individual modes for responding to the environment that appear to be consistent across situations and stable over time. Temperament includes characteristics such as children's activity level, their intensity of reaction, the ease with which they become upset, their characteristic responses to novelty, and their sociability |
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| 3 broad categories that encompass temperament |
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Effortful control (control over what one attends to and reacts to)
Negative Affect (extent of neg emotions)
Extraversion |
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| a potentially fatal form of malnutrition in which the diet is extremely low in protein |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
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