Chapter 11

Question 1

Taratogens

Answer 1

Cause harm to development in prenatal child

Question 2

Main interest infants

Answer 2

Novelty and controlling environment. Exploring with hands and eyes. Manipulating/squeezing objects and shared attention with caregiver

Question 3

Gaze following

Answer 3

Looking at what caregiver is looking at, later social referencing to seek danger

Question 4

Core knowledge

Answer 4

Object permanence, violation of expectation seen at young age

Question 5

Piaget

Answer 5

Schemes with assimilation and accommodation, child is little scientist and explores, maximising growth. Operations aka reversible actions promote development.

Question 6

Vygotsky

Answer 6

Child as apprentice, mostly language and culture tools/social learning to develop. Zone of P. Scaffolding

Question 7

Information processing theory

Answer 7

Chance in mental components like exec functions (working memory, inhibition, switching, process speed) ToM. Language (over extention/generalisation) CHomsky

Question 8

Information processing theory

Answer 8

Chance in mental components like exec functions (working memory, inhibition, switching, process speed) ToM. Language (over extention/generalisation) CHomsky