Chapter 6: Infancy Cognitive Development Flashcards
Why is caregiver pivotal?
they shape the development whether they are responsive or unresponsive.
What is meant by infants are scientists in the crib?
babies are constantly trying to figure things out
Pa and Ba study
in early weeks they learn to distinguish Pa and Ba
What is gaze following?
babies observe the gaze of caregiver and their responses
How early is logic measured?
the first year of life
Importance of exploring
allows them to be curious
Two theories of infant mind
information-processing theory
-human mind is like a computer
evolutionary theory
-infants attend to caregivers
-requires infant brain to be plastic
Primary, secondary, tertiary reactions
primary-involves responses to their own bodies
secondary- responses to objects and people
tertiary- involves creativity
First stage
Infancy
-birth to age 2
-sensory motor stage, rooting grasping, sucking
second stage
Adaptations and voluntary movements
-1 to 4 months
-voluntarily do something
third stage
orientation outside the body
-4 to 8 months
-aware of things that don’t involve their body
fourth stage
Intentional actions
-8 to 12 months
object permanence
fifth stage
Experimenting and creating
-trial and error stage
-12 to 18 months
-throwing stuff
sixth stage
Thinking and Imagining
-18 to 24 months
-take objects and pretend with them
little scientists, trial and error
babies become more curious to consult others about emotion and objects
Object permanence
comes in around 8 to 12 months
things still exist when out of sight
assimilation and accomodation
Assimilation: notice similar things and assume they are the same
Accommodation: Adjust and recognize differences
How adults speak to babies and dogs?
slower encouraging tones
what kinds of language characteristics do babies and toddlers most prefer?
smaller words
slower
Have a general idea of the stages of language development? what is typical at various ages?
1 to 6 months -crying
10 months- conversation like
12 months- first words
what is holophrase? when does speech tend to explode?
one word that expresses a thought
happens at 18 months
what is grammar?
put an s on plural nouns closer to 2
learn about past tense rule
three theories of language learning
-Learn when you talk around them
-teach themselves
-primed to learn language