Cognitive Devt In Infancy Flashcards
(28 cards)
Schemes
Actions or mental representations that organize knowledge
Assimilation
Occurs when kids use existing schemes to deal with new info or experiences
Accommodation
Occurs when kids adjust their schemes to take new information and experiences into account
Organization
Grouping of behaviors into a system
Disequilibrium
Counter examples
Equilibration
Mechanism by which children shift from one stage of thought to the next
Sensor motor stage
Infants to 2 years understand the world through coordinated sensory motor activities
Object permanence
Objects continue to exist even when not present
A not B error
Infants choose familiar rather than new
Habituation
Decreased responsiveness after a change in stimulation
Joint attention
Individuals focus on the same thing (pointing)
Implicit memory
Memory without conscious recollection
Explicit memory
Conscious memory of facts and experiences
Deferred imitation
Occurs after a delay of hours or days
Developmental quotient
Overall score that campines subscores in motor, language, adaptive, und personal social
Infinite generativity
Produce endless #of meaningful sentences using a finite set of words and rules
Phonology
Sound system of language
Phonemes
The smallest units of sound that affect meaning
Morphology
Minimal units of meaning
Syntax
The way words are combined to form acceptable phrases
Semantics
The meaning of words and sentences
Pragmatic
The appropriate use of language in different contexts
Telegraphic speech
Use of content words without grammatical markers like articles
Broca’s area
Area of the brains left frontal lobe involved in speech production
