Module 5 (chapter 12) Flashcards
Accommodation
Process of new experiences causing existing schemas to change or create new schemas
Adolescence
Period of development and gradual transition between childhood and adulthood
Assimilation
New experiences are incorporated into existing schemas
Attachment
A strong emotional bond between a child and their primary caregiver
Authoritative parenting
A parent that is warm but restrictive and seen as caring, and supportive, with clear enforced rules
Authoritarion Parenting
A parent that is hostile but restrictive and seen as cold, and unresponsive, with strict discipline
Indulgent Parenting
A parent that is warm and permissive and seen as warm, and caring but with no guidance or discipline
Neglectful Parenting
A parent that is cold, uncaring, unresponsive and no discipline
Anxious Avoidant
Child shows few signs of an attachment, rarely cries when the mother leaves; doesn’t seek attention when she returns
Anxious Resistant
Fearful even if the mother is present, demands attention, get distressed with mother leaves, not soothed when she returns
Secure Attachment
Child explores and reacts positively to strangers - distressed when the mother leaves - happy when the mother returns
Cognitive Empathy
how well an individual can perceive and understand the emotions of other
Concrete Operational Stage
Stage in Paiget’s Stage Model - 7-12yr olds; can preform basic mental operations involving tangible objects but have problems with hypothetical problems/abstract thinking; they have also grasped the concept of reversibility, less concentration, and easily solve conservation problems; can order things serially; have mental representations for a series of actions
Conservation
Logical thinking ability; the principle that basic properties of objects like their volume or quantity stay the same if even the outward appearance changes (ex. knowing a drink doesn’t get larger just because you pour it into a skinner taller cup)
Continuous Development
development and changes in individuals occur gradual overtime; never stop
Critical Period
A stage of maturation where a certain development must happen or else it won’t be able to (imprinting with birds - within first few days of life)
Sensitive Period
A stage of maturation where a certain development is most easily formed (attachment with babies - within first few years)
Discontinous Development
Development changes can be put into clear stages and are not throughout whole life
Disorganized Attachment
The child may seem disoriented/confused or display contradictory behaviours (want mother but strikes out when mother reaches for them)
Egocentrism
Difficulty to view the world from someone else’s point of view
Embryo
during 2nd-8th week of preganancy the cell mass is now called an embryo
Fine-Motor skills
Using the smaller muscles in your hand such as writing with a pen/pencil