Human Development from Birth through Adolescence Flashcards
Accomodation
the process by which a child incorporates new experience into previous understandings, and modifies those existing concepts to include the new information
Assimilation
the process by which a child interprets a new experience in terms of his previous understandings
Attachment theory
states that a child that has formed secure attachment to others is confident in exploring her physical environment, forms friendships easily, and possesses a sense of competency; while the opposite is true of a child that has not formed secure attachments to others
Autonomy
acceptance of responsibility of one’s behavior
Concrete operation stage
a stage of cognitive development during which a child acquires reasoning skills and is able to differentiate between her viewpoints and others’
conventional level
a level of moral development during which a child focuses on what one is supposed to do and begins to understand social order
Formal Operational Stage
a stage of cognitive development during which a child enters into the world of abstract thought
Learning Disabilities
treatable conditions suffered by many students
Meta-cognition
thinking about thinking
Multiple intelligences
one of eight distinct types of intelligence developed by Howard Gardner
Object permanence
the concept that a seen object still exists after being hidden from sight
Pre-conventional Level
a level of moral development during which a child avoids wrongdoing only to evade punishment
Pre-operational stage
a stage of cognitive development during which a child is trapped in an egocentric perspective, but is also mastering language skills
self concept
how a child thinks about himself
self-esteem
a child’s feelings about himself
