UNIT 4 Flashcards
circular reactions
process by which an infant reproduces desired situations by something at first discovered by chance
deferred imitation
reproducing an observed behavior after the passage of time
elicited imitation
imitating actions which they have seen but not done before
object permanence
knowing that an object still exists, even if it is hidden
scale errors
misperceptions of relative sizes
cooing
vowel-like noises
babbling
ma,ba,ga,da
conventional gestures
daily gestures (bye bye)
representational gestures
acting in order to ask for something (glass of water, arme to be picked up)
symbolic gestures
acting to express something (blowing because is hot)
holophrases
single word that conveys a thought usually accompanied with gestures of facial expressions
telegraphic speech
two words together to express an idea