Chapter 7 Infant Cognitive Development Flashcards
How do infants learn, remember, and conceptualize?
Pavlov’s classical conditioning and Skinners operant conditioning
How early can a child be conditioned?
Last trimester
Joint Attention
Focus on same event and track their attention
Core knowledge
innate understanding of the world (genetic blueprint)
Core expectations
prime learning and alert infant when unexpected occurs
Face recognition
every face interesting to babies, but they appear to prefer certain faces over others
Information Processing Theory
Infant mind is programmed like a computer for cognitive development; sights and sounds produce understanding
Implicit Memory
older parts of the brain without conscious recognition. EX: brushing teeth, riding bike, eating with a fork
Explicit Memory
takes longer to emerge, depends on language; conscious memory of facts. EX: what you had for dinner last night
Infant Amnesia
Inability to recall details from early childhoods
Body Memories
Encoded in implicit memory; cannot recall in detail but know something is there/ happened. EX: child abuse victims
Sensorimotor intelligence
action oriented, learn through senses + motor development
Object permanence
realization that objects or people continue to exist when they are no longer in sight; trust their actions more than they trust their eyes
Assimilation
new things fit into old ideas, expanding the blueprint
Accomodation
changing the blueprint to include
