cognitive & socialmotional development in infancy Flashcards
assimilation (developing schemas)
the process of using an existing schema to understand new information or situations
accommodation (developing schemas)
a psychological process that involves changing or creating new schemas to fit new information or experiences
infantile amnesia
dont remember early years of life
language development
culture and first words
temperament
easy, difficult, slow to warm up
colic
difficult child
goodness of fit
a statistical hypothesis test used to see how closely observed data mirrors expected data
bidirectionally of parenting
the idea that parents and children influence each other in a mutual, or two-way, process
infancy (trust vs. mistrust)
-trust others
advice: be responsive and attentive
toddlerhood (autonomy vs. shame & doubt)
-trust yourself
advice: keep child safe, but let them learn by doing
Bowlby attachment
a psychological and evolutionary framework that explains the importance of early bonds between infants and their caregivers
ainsworth attachment
developed the “Strange Situation” procedure to observe and classify attachment styles in infants.
