Cognitive Functions

Question 1

________ means the kids think about others and they know people think of them too.

Answer 1

Intersubjectivity

Question 2

Theory of Mind definition?

Answer 2

Childs ability to predict behaviors of others and participate in effective social conversations

Question 3

Theory of Mind has two components?

Answer 3

1. predict behavior 2. participate in effective social conservation

Question 4

________ means to promote theory of mind to make appropriate ________ ( especially about past experiences) to make child think about how they hurt someone and have solutions for social situations

Answer 4

1. Participating in Discourse

2. Inferences (Essential for appropriate social interactions and text comprehension)

Question 5

Developing intersubjectivity is not possible without _______

Answer 5

joint attention

Question 6

Primary Intersubjectivity age?

Answer 6

1. Age: 0-6 Months

Question 7

Primary Intersubjectivity Definition?

Answer 7

Someone else initiates attention ( i.e. sibling, caregiver etc.) of child and child reacts by eye contact, facial affect, body posture, and facial affect

Question 8

Secondary Intersubjectivity age?

Answer 8

6-18 months

Question 9

Secondary Intersubjectivity definition?

Answer 9

Child initiates attention to get adults attention by having a conscious awareness of self and others sharing an experience)

Question 10

What are the 2 types of joint attention that develop during the 3-18 months ?

Answer 10

1. Responding to Joint Attention

2. Initiating Joint Attention

Question 11

What is Responding to Joint Attention?

Answer 11

The infants follows direction of gaze, head turns, or point gesture of a person

Question 12

What is Initiating Joint Attention?

Answer 12

Infants seeks interaction with another simply for sake of sharing an experience or help with something

Question 13

For Sensitivity to grow what non-linguistic functions have to develop? (3)

Answer 13

1. Predicting the Environment
2. Interacting Transactionally
3. Getting goals with the aid of another

Question 14

What does Interacting Transactionally mean?

Answer 14

You do something expected and then something happens in return.

Question 15

Bruner: (Predicting Env., Interacting Transactionally,Getting goals with aid) –> Such functions must first be fulfilled by _______ communicative means, only after these means reach certain levels will children generate ________ hypothesis

Answer 15

1. Pre-Linguistic

2. Linguistic

Question 16

What is teachers point of view on child achieving pre-linguistic stage?

Answer 16

If child doesn’t show intent to communicate need a speech therapist.