| Developmental Norms | Average ages that children reach developmental milestones: 6 mos-babbling, 9 mos-stand with assistance, 10 mos-crawling, 12 mos-walking, 18 mos-vocabulary of 50-70 words |
| Egocentric | concept of Piaget; major milestone in Preoperational Stage; inability of preschool children to see things from another person’s point of view. |
| Gender Constancy | the realization that gender will not change with age |
| Midlife Crisis | Feelings of boredom and stagnation in middle adulthood; time when adults discover they no longer feel fulfilled in their jobs or personal lives and attempt to make a decisive shift in career or lifestyle |
| Parallel Play | Children between the age of 1 ½ and 2 play side by side, doing the same or similar things, but not interacting with each other |
| Solitary Play | The earliest form of play upto age 1 ½ to 2; a child engaged in a recreational activity alone; |
| Sucking Reflex | Newborn reflex/tendency to suck on objects placed by the mouth |
| Temperament | Characteristic patterns of emotional reactions and emotional self-regulation; Thomas and Chess (1977) devised 3 temperaments: Easy-good-natured and adaptable, easy to care for and please; Difficult-moody and intense, reacting to new people and new situations both negatively and positively; Slow-to-warm-up-relatively inactive and slow to respond to new things, and when they do react, their reactions are mild; Kagan (1988) added a 4th temperament: Shy-timid and inhibited, fearful of anything new or strange |
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