PSYCH 206/Unit 2/Ch.5

Question 1

Telegraphic Speech

Answer 1

Speech that is only essential to get words across.

Question 2

Scheme

Answer 2

Pattern of physical/mental action.

Question 3

Sensorimotor Thought

Answer 3

Input and physical motor actions.

Question 4

Reflective Abstraction

Answer 4

Process of noticing and thinking of information and experiences.

Question 5

Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory

Answer 5

Theory about the nature and development of human intelligence

Question 6

Preferential-looking technique(Infants)

Answer 6

How infants look longer at patterns.

Question 7

Perception

Answer 7

Organizing,coordinating,sensory info.

Question 8

Organization

Answer 8

Separate items into high-order complex.

Question 9

Object Permanence

Answer 9

Objects, events, and people continue to exist when they are not connected to sensory input or motor action.

Question 10

Nativist Theory

Answer 10

Language device in brain.

Question 11

Language Acquisition Device(LAD)

Answer 11

Brain mechanism that specializes processing language.

Question 12

Words

Answer 12

Communication in time and space.

Question 13

Learning Theory

Answer 13

Behavior that children learn though operant conditioning, imitation, and modeling.

Question 14

Intermodal Perception

Answer 14

Integrates info across sensory modes.

Question 15

Habituation

Answer 15

Reduce response to stimuli.

Question 16

Habituation-dishabituation technique

Answer 16

Tests infant perception.

Question 17

Holophrases

Answer 17

Single words to express idea or sentence.

Question 18

Equilibration

Answer 18

Dynamic process that moves between cognitive disequilibrium and equilibrium.

Question 19

Dishabituation

Answer 19

Familiar stimuli is replaced by another.

Question 20

Constructionist View

Answer 20

Use words and what they know to understand new experiences.

Question 21

Adaptation

Answer 21

Change environment to understand something.

Question 22

Assimilation

Answer 22

Process of bringing new info into existing schemes.

Question 23

Accomodation

Answer 23

Modifies old schemes and creates new schemes for information.