Chapter 4 glossary

Question 1

cognitive abilities

Answer 1

a broad set of abilities including thinking skills, visual attention, imagery, visual-spatial skills, memory, learning, and metacognition

Question 2

visuospatial memory

Answer 2

remembering pictures or objects in a mirror

Question 3

metacognition

Answer 3

the ability to reflect on one’s own thinking

Question 4

theory of the mind

Answer 4

the ability to understand other people’s feeling, intentions, and emotions and how people get along with others and develop empathy

Question 5

executive function

Answer 5

skills that one uses to get organized, control one’s behavior to accomplish tasks and problem solve

Question 6

motherese/child-directed speech

Answer 6

the special language that parents use with their children, typically slower, simpler, and more exaggerated than regular language use

Question 7

child-directed signs

Answer 7

the special language that Deaf parents and caregivers use with their children, signing is slower, bigger, and exaggerated.

Question 8

conversational triangles

Answer 8

a strategy that parents use with their deaf children, specifically how they set up a triangle between themselves, their child, and the object of discussion so both themselves and the object are visible to the deaf child

Question 9

deficit model

Answer 9

the perspective that deafness is a deficit to be corrected

Question 10

phonemic awareness

Answer 10

the ability to segment language and map spoken/signed language onto print

Question 11

Bilingual strategies

Answer 11

instructional strategies that are used to develop proficiency in an existing language and support learning a new language