Toddlerhood Flashcards
Private speech
In viygotsky’s theory, self- guiding and self- directing comments children make to themselves as they learn in the the zone of proximal development and have conversations with those guiding them; first spoken out loud, then internally.
Zone of proximal development
Difference between skills or task that children can accomplish alone and those are capable of performing if guided by an adult or more competent peer
Scaffolding
Degree of assistance provided to learner in this zone of proximal development, gradually decreasing as the learner’s skills develop
Guided participation
Teaching interaction between two people often An adult and child as they participate in a culturally valued activity
Infinite generative
Ability to take the word symbols of a language and combine them in a virtually infinite number of ways
Broca’s area
Portion of the left frontal lobe of the human brain that is specialized for language production
Wernicke’s area
Portion of the left temporal of the human brain that is specialized language comprehension
Holophrase
single word that is used to represent our whole sentence
Over extension
Use of a single word to represent a variety of related objects
Under extension
Applying a general word to a specific object
Fast mapping
Learning remembering a word for an object, after just one time of being told what the object is called
Language Acquisition device
According to Chomky, inmate feature of the brain that enables children to perceive and grasp quickly the grammatical rules into language around
Over regularization
Applying grammatical rules even to words that are exception to the rule
Social-moral emotions
Emotions evoked based on learned culturally based standards of right and wrong, secondary emotions
Empathy
Ability to understand and respond helpfully to another person’s distress
Prosocial behavior
Positive behavior toward others including kindness friendliness and sharing
Anatomy versus shame and doubt
Ericksons life span theory, The main crisis of the toddlerhood stage, When toddlers gain a healthy confidence in their ability to make choices and express them to others or parents are harsh and impatient and toddlers experience shame and doubt that undermines their Trust in themselves.
Self-recognition
Ability to recognize one’s image in the mirror as one’s self
Self reflection
Capacity to think about one’s self as one would think about other persons and objects
Gender identity
Awareness of one’s self as male or female
Sex
Biological status of the male or female
Gender
Cultural categories of male and female
Ethology
study of human behavior from a biological point of view
Primary attachment figure
Person who is sought out when A child experiences some kind of distress or threat in the environment