child development pt 1 Flashcards
Feral children
children raised in the wild
Genie
the feral child found locked in her room
Memes
knowledge passed on from one generation to another
Habituation
A decrease in responding with repeated stimuli
Maturation
Natural unfolding of development
lack of neural connections
Memory differences in young children
Jean Piaget
studied cognitive development in kids
-How we know children respond differently than adults
Schema
mental molds in which we put our experiences
-How we adjust overtime
Assimilation into schema
Interpret in terms of our current understanding
Accommodation into schema
Adapting current schemas to add new info
Stages of cognitive development
sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Object permanence
knowing something exist, even if you can’t see it (develops at nine months)
Conservation
Experiment with coins and water
Egocentrism
Thinking everyone knows everything that you do
Theory of mind
The ability to, and for others mental state
EX. Feelings, intentions, thoughts.
vygotsky study
Study child development, and how interacting with those around, you can help you develop a sense of culture and develop beliefs
types of attachment (Ainsworth)
Secure, insecure, avoidant/unattached
Harry Harlow
Monkey formed attachment to blanket when separated from mother, monkey also flavored the fake blanket mother than the cold steel mother
Imprinting
when certain animals form strong attachments during early life critical.
Insecure attachment
Too close with parents