Final Flashcards
A process in which people express their genetic tendencies by finding environments that match and enhance those tendencies
Active niche-picking
Standardized measures of learning connected with academic subjects
Achievement test
The emotional bond that develops between an infant and caregivers between an infant and caregivers during the first year of life
Attachment
Changes in the way we think, understand and reason about the world
Cognitive development
The influence of genetic inheritance on children’s development
Nature
Tests used to assess brain function
Neuropsychological tests
The influence of the environment on children’s development
Nurture
A process in which professionals critique an article and make suggestions for improvement before it is published
Peer review
The tendency to see and understand something in the way you expected
Perceptual bias
Assessments based on an individual’s projections of aspects of their own personality onto ambiguous external stimuli such as an inkblot
Projective tests
Changes in the overall nature of what you are examining
Qualitative changes
A change in the amount or quantity of what you are measuring
Quantitative changes
The help more experienced people give to help kids go beyond their present level of capabilities
Scaffolding
The same pathways may lead to different development outcomes
Multifinality
Different development pathways may result in the same outcome
Equifinality
Changing your mental schemas so that the new experiences
Accommodation