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| Child wants contact with caregiver, shows excessive stress when separated, proves difficult to console even when reunited. |
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| Enduring socio-emotional relationship between child and parent |
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| Child shows no interest in contact with the caregiver, displays either distress when separated nor happines when reunited |
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| stimulation and reassurance derived from physical contact of caregiver |
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| Studies how organisms grow and change over time due to environmental and biological influences |
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| primitive form of learning, when young animal follow abd form attachment to first moving object seen and heard |
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| this period spans between end of neonatal period and establishment language 18 months to 2 years old |
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| process when genetic program manifests itself over time |
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| relative importance of nature (heredity) and nurture (environment) in influences on behavior and mental processes |
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| newborn period extends through first month after birth |
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| developmental period before birth |
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| attachment style of child that is relaxed and comfortable with caregiver, tolerant of strangers and new experiences |
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| common pattern of distress in children separated from caregiver |
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| substance from the environment includes viruses, drugs, and other chemicals that can harm the developing baby during prenatal period |
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| mental process, identifies schemas in order to include new information |
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| preoperational mode of thought inanimate objects are imagned and have life and mental processes |
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| mental process that incorporates new information with existing schemas |
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| production of repetitive syllables, characteristic of early stages of language acquisition |
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| preoperational thought pattern involving inability to take into account more than one factor at a time |
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concrete operational stage |
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| third stage of Piaget's stages when a child understands conservation but still is incapable of abstract thought |
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| understanding that physical properties of an object or substance do not change when appearance changes, nothing is added or taken away |
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| Piaget's theory, inability to realize there is other viewpoints besides one's own |
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| rules of language specifying how to use elements of language and word order to produce understandable sentences |
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| inability in preoccupational child to think through a series of events or or mental operations and mentally reverse the steps |
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language acquisition device |
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| biologically organized mental structure in the brain, facilitates learning of language due to being innately programmed with some fundamental grammar rules |
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| solving a problem by manipulating images in one's mind |
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| ability to form internal images of objects and events |
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| meaningful unit of language that makes up words |
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| knowledge that objects exist independently of one's actions or awareness |
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| second stage in Piaget's theory marked by well developed mental representation and use of language |
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| Piaget's thoery, mental structure or program that helps guide a developing child's thought |
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| first stage in Piaget's theory, child relies heavily on innate motor responses to stimuli |
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| explanation of development that emphasizes distinctive or abrupt changes, theory of cognative development revolutuionary changes in thought process |
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| individual's characteristic manner of behavior or reaction |
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| way of conceptualizing cognitive development occuring more gradually in waves than abruptly |
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| in industrial societies developmental period starting at puberty and ending at adulthood |
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| last of Piaget's stages during which abstract thought appear |
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| societal ritual marks transition between developmental stages, especially childhood and adulthood |
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kohlbergs stages of moral reasoning
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stage 1= egocentric pleasure/ pain/ profit avoid pain getting caught orientation
stage 2= cost/ benefit orientation; reciprocity achieve/recieve rewards or mutual benefits
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kohlbergs stages of moral reasoning
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stage 3= "good child" orientation gain acceptance, avoid disapproval
stage 4= law and order orientation, follow rules avoid penalties |
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kohlbergs stages of moral reasoning
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Stage 5= "social contract stage" promote welfare of one's society
stage 6= ethical principal orientation achieve justice, be consistent with principles, avoid self condemnation |
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