psych Flashcards
PDM
physical development and motor skills
SED
Social and emotional developmental
APL
approaches to play and learning
CLL
communication language literacy
CD
cognitive development and general knowledge
rooting
strokes baby’s cheek and they turn to open their mouths
babinski
stroke feet, expand their toes
moro
startle reflex
stepping
motions for walking
tonic neck
looks like fencing when laying down
10 newborn reflexes/ abilities
eye blink suckling swimming palmer grasp reflexes rooting babinski moro stepping tonic neck
what is the purpose of newborn reflexes?
- survival
- help build and maintain interactions with their primary care givers
- form basis for complex motor skills
pediatricians monitor reflexes to make sure of what?
that there are no neurological problems
jean piaget
developed the first theory of child’s cognitive development
schema
mental representation of objects, situations, experience, something new- we form a schema
assimilation
trying to fit a new experience or object into a schema you already have
accommodation
make changes in the schema to differentiate between, shape, size, color, speed, etc
the four stages of jean piagets theory
- sensorimotor stage
- preoperational stage
- concrete operations
- formal operations
object permanence
8-12 months begin to mentally represent objects
egocentrism
can’t understand the perspective of others
animism
type of mechanical thinking, inanimate objects have life-like qualities
inability to converse
various conservation tasks that children are present with ex: conservation of volume, mass @ 2 different drinks
seriation
6-7 year olds place objects in order by height or weight
mary ainsworth and john bowlby
parental attachment correlated to infant temperament. social development forms within first six months