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Piaget stated that the two elements to adaptation are? |
Assimilation and accommodation |
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A baby's own action triggers a body reaction that makes a baby repeat the action |
Primary circular reaction |
Primary |
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When infants copy behavior they noticed previously is known as |
Deferred imitation |
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The usual order of development of spoken language is? |
Reflexes, cooing, babaling, and learning words |
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The findings of later experiments were inconsistent with Piagets conclusions when researchers demonstrated that infants? |
Have some understanding long before 8 months |
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Children show evidence of motor memories as clearly as___ months of age? |
3 |
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The development of the_______ in the brain reflects experiences that infants remember. |
Connections between neurons and dendrites |
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MLU is considered an accurate way to measure a child's language progress for every culture because: |
A child's grammar has a high positive correlation with the length of their sentences |
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Holophrase refers to? |
A single word that is understood to express a complete thought |
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The language theory that believes social communication to be the crucial starting point of language learning is called? |
Social-pragmatic theory |
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Emotional expressions during early infancy are more unpredictable than during later periods of development, most likely due to the speed of synaptic and dendritic growth associated with? |
Experiences and resulting neurophysiological maturation |
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Biologically based differences in emotions,activity level, and self regulation: |
Are referred to as temperament |
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Which perspective suggests that parents mold an infants emotions and personality as they reinforce or punish their child? |
Behaviorism |
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When a baby is upset because her caregiver is leaving is known as |
Seperation anxiety |
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When parents adjust their activities to match their child's temperament is known as |
Goodness of fit |
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Secure attachment helps toddler |
Play happily, miss their caregiver and welcome the caregiver back |
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The strange situation measure how a child responds to___ and___ with a caregiver |
Seperation and reunion |
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When a baby looks to adults for cues as how to react is know as |
Self reference |
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Carry information from one neuron to another |
Nuerotransmitter |
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What major factor in newborn care has greatly increased the odds in infant survival? |
Immuzations |
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The brains development controls many functions. The development in discrete areas of the brain with control over different functions of perception and cognition can be seen in: |
Specialization in areas of the cortex |
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What accounts for the ethnic variations in the development of gross motor skills |
Cultural patterns, genetics and caregiving |
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Occurs when the brain processes a sensation |
Perception |
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Children are severely under weight for their age and height |
Wasting |
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Being short for their age because of chronic malnutrition |
Stunting |
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Occurs when a person does not sustain enough food to sustain normal growth |
Protein-calorie malnutrition |
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Malnutrition,growth stops, tissues waste away and infant eventually dies |
Marasmus |
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Malnutrition,growth stops, tissues waste away and infant eventually dies |
Marasmus |
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Malnutrition makes child more vulnerable to other diseases |
Kwashiorkor |
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