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| tendency to respond to the demands of the environment in ways that meet one's goals |
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| integrating particular observations into knowledge |
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| translating incoming knowledge into an understandable form |
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| adapting current knowledge in order to understand new information |
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| balacing assilmilation and accomodation to create full understanding |
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| 0-2 yrs; intelligence dev. and is expressed through sensory and motor abilities |
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| 0-1 mos; general reflexes like sucking and grasping |
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| 1-4 mos; organizing reflexes into larger behaviors |
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| 4-8 mos; interested in environment, repetitive actions, no object permanence |
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| 8-12 mos; showing mental representations=object permanence but still commit A not B error |
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| 12-18 mos; actively exploring environment, experimenting |
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| 18-24 mos; starting to mimic behavior using deferred imitation |
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| repeating the behavior of others a substantial amount of time after it occurs |
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| looking for a hidden object where it was previously found |
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| the idea that objects continue to exist after they are out of sight |
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| 2-7 yrs; can represent experience through language and mental imagery, lacks reasoning |
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| the use of one object to stand for another |
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| perceiving the world solely from one's own view |
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| focusing on a single striking feature of an object and ignoring other vital features |
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| changing the look of the same matter does not change the matter |
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| concrete operational stage |
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| 7-12 yrs; able to reason logically about objects and events |
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| 12+ yrs; able to think deeply about reasoning and abstract ideas |
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| identification of goals, information and processing strategies |
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| the fleeting retention of sensory input |
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| information retained on an enduring basis |
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| working memory (short-term) |
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| memory used during active thinking, a place where sensory mem and LT mem are brought together, identified and processed |
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| the most frequently used mental processes |
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| the process of representing in memory information that draws attention or is important |
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| process of focusing most intensely on the information that is most relevant to the goal |
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| the phenomenon marked by successful later uses of a memory strategy but not earlier uses |
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| the theory that all parts of a child work together to produce behavior |
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| infants are born with innate knowledge of physics, biology and psychology |
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| knowledge is limited to a spec. area that allow distinctions between living and nonliving things |
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| the idea that other people and cultural influences are central to a childs dev. |
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| a process in which adults organize activities for kidz |
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| children tell themselves what to do aloud that gradually changes to thoughts telling them what to do |
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| mututal underatnding that people share during conversation |
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| social partners both focus on a common reference in the environment |
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| the tendency to look to social partners during threatening or confusing events |
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| more knowledgeable ppl provide a framewokr for learning until the child has the needed skills |
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| a range of performance that includes when children can do with no help and what they can do with lotz o' help |
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