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Chapter 2: Cognitive and Linguistic Development Flashcards

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cognitive development

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Development of increasingly sophisticated thinking, reasoning, and language with age.

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developmental milestones

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Appearance of a new, more advanced behavior that indicates significant progress in a child’s development.

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maturation

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Gradual, genetically driven acquisition of more advanced physical and neurological capabilities over the course of childhood and adolescence.

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sensitive periods

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Age range during which environmental conditions have an especially strong influence on an aspect of a child’s development (you may sometimes see the term critical period).

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biological systems theory

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Theory proposing that a child’s everyday environments and the child’s broader social and cultural contexts interact in their influences on the child’s development.

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culture

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Behaviors and belief systems that members of a long-standing social group share and pass along to successive generations.

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neurons

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Cell in the brain or another part of the nervous system that transmits information to other cells.

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glial cells

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Cell in the brain that supports neurons or general brain functioning.

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synapses

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Junction between two neurons that allows transmission of messages from one to the other.

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neurotransmitters

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Chemical substance through which one neuron sends a message to another neuron.

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cortex

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Upper part of the brain; primary site of complex, conscious thinking processes.

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synaptogenesis

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Universal process in brain development in which many new synapses form spontaneously.

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synaptic pruning

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Universal process in brain development in which many previously formed but rarely used synapses gradually wither away.

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myelination

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Growth of a fatty sheath (myelin) around the axons of neurons, enabling faster transmission of electrical impulses.

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plasticity

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Ability to reorganize in order to adapt to changing circumstances; term often used in describing the human brain.

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cognitive tools

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Concept, symbol, strategy, procedure, or other culturally constructed mechanism that helps people think about and respond to situations more effectively.

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appropriation

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Process of internalizing but also adapting the cognitive tools of one’s culture for one’s own use.

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cognitive apprenticeship

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Mentorship in which an expert and novice work together on challenging tasks, with the expert providing guidance regarding how to think about the tasks.

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schemes

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Organized group of similar actions or thoughts that are used repeatedly in response to the environment.

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equilibrium

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State of being able to address new events with existing schemes.

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equlibration

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Movement from equilibrium to disequilibrium and back to equilibrium, a process that promotes development of more complex thought and understandings.

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formal operations stage

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Piaget’s fourth and final stage of cognitive development, in which logical reasoning processes can be applied to abstract ideas as well as to concrete objects.

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formal operational egocentrism

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Inability of adolescents in Piaget’s formal operations stage to separate their own abstract logic from the perspectives of others and from practical considerations.

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guided participation

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Process in which a child gains new skills by working on a complex, meaningful task in close collaboration with an adult or more experienced peer.

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preoperational stage

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Piaget’s second stage of cognitive development, in which children can think about objects and events beyond their immediate view but do not yet reason in logical, adultlike ways.

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preoperational egocentrism

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Inability of children in Piaget’s preoperational stage to look at a situation from another person’s perspective; reflects a cognitive limitation, not a personality flaw.

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self-talk

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Process of talking to oneself as a way of guiding oneself through a task.

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inner speech

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Process of talking to and guiding oneself mentally rather than aloud.

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internalization

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Process through which a learner gradually incorporates socially based activities into his or her internal cognitive processes.

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level of potential development

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Upper limit of tasks that a learner can successfully perform with the assistance of a more competent individual.

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neo-piagetian theories

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Theoretical perspective that combines elements of Piaget’s theory with more contemporary research and theories and suggests that development in specific content domains is often stagelike in nature.

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sociocognitive conflict

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Situation in which one encounters and has to wrestle with ideas and viewpoints inconsistent with one’s own.

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sociocultural theory

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Theoretical perspective emphasizing the importance of society and culture in promoting learning and development.

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phonological awareness

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Ability to hear the distinct sounds of which spoken words are comprised.

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immersion

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Second-language instruction in which students hear and speak that language almost exclusively in the classroom.

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zone of proximal development (ZPD)

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Range of tasks that a learner can perform with the help and guidance of others but cannot yet perform independently.

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specific language impairment

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Disability characterized by abnormalities in the production or comprehension of spoken language, to the point that special educational services are required.

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subtractive bilingualism

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Phenomenon in which complete immersion in a new-language environment leads to deficits in a child’s native language.

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scaffolding

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support mechanism that helps a learner successfully perform a challenging task (i.e. a task within the learner’s zone of proximal development)

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guided participation

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process in which a child gains new skills by working on complex, meaningful task in close collaboration with an adult or more experienced peer

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apprenticeship

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mentorship in which a novice works with an expert for a lengthy time period to learn how to accomplish increasingly complex tasks within a particular domain

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metalinguistic awareness

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ability to think consciously about the nature and functions of language

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disequilibrium

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State of being unable to address new events with existing schemes; typically accompanied by some mental discomfort.

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class inclusion

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the ability to classify objects as belonging to two categories simultaneously (acquired during concrete operational stage)

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object pemanence

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Realization that objects continue to exist even when removed from view (acquired during sensorimotor stage)

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symbolic representation

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representation of physical objects & events as mental entities (acquired during sensorimotor stage)

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egocentrism

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in ability to take on the perspective of another person (characteristic of preoperational thought)

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centration

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tendency to focus on one part of the situation (esp. inability to grasp conservation) (characteristic of preoperational thought)

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conservation

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realization that the amount stays the same if nothing is added or taken away, regardless of alterations in shape or arrangement (acquired during concrete operational stage)

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seriation

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the child’s ability to order objects with respect to a common property (characteristic of concrete operational thought)

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hypothetico-deductive reasoning

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deducing a hypotheses from a general theory

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transitive inference

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ability to compare two objects via an intermediate object

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reciprocal teaching

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cooperative learning

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assisted discovery

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immersion

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dual immersion

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bilingual education

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subtractive bilingualism

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