Cognitive Development in Infancy

Question 1

primary circular reaction

Answer 1

repetitive simple actions that the infant does to their own body (like accidentally sucks their thumb one day, and it feels nice so they repeat that action)

Question 2

secondary circular reaction

Answer 2

Repetitive action to trigger a reaction outside of the person’s body (like baby coos, and mom smiles, so baby coos again)

Question 3

Tertiary circular reactions:

Answer 3

Baby doesn’t repeat the behaivor, but tries variations of it to see what responses they get. Babies begin to experiment (ie: dropping things to see if they land it diff places/make different sounds)

Question 4

Deferred imitation

Answer 4

Babies can imitate an action a while after they see it

Question 5

Object concept

Answer 5

Infant understanding of what objects are and how they behave

Question 6

Schematic learning

Answer 6

Organizing of experiences into expectancies, or “known combinations

Question 7

Intonational Pattern

Answer 7

“tune” of speech, the ups and downs in it

Question 8

Holophrases

Answer 8

Word and gesture combination