Chapter 5 Flashcards
Scheme
Actions or mental representations that organize knowledge
Assimilation
When children use EXISTING SCHEMES TO DEAL WITH NEW INFORMATION
calling all animals a cat
Accommodation
When children ADJUST their schemes to take new information and experiences into account
Object permanence
The awareness that things continue to exist even when not be seen or heard
Implicit vs explicit memories
Implicit: retention independent of conscious recollection, skills or routine routines performed automatically
Explicit: memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare
Infantile amnesia
The inability to remember events from early childhood prior to three years because the prefrontal lobes of the brain are immature
Deferred imitation
Imitation that occurs after a delay of hours or days
Sequence of the three vocalizations of infants
Crying, cooling, babbling
Under extension
The overly restrictive use of words, common among children, just mastering spoken language; a doll describes her doll, but no one else’s
Over extentions
The use of a given word in a broader context, then is appropriate calling all vehicles trucks
Damage to the Broca’s area
Impairs speaking
Chomsky’s language acquisition device
Biological endowment that enables children to detect certain features and rules of language, including phonology, syntax, and semantics.
