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Ch. 5 - Concepts of Growth and Development

Terms in this set (37)

Accommodation
Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information
Animism
Giving life to inanimate objects because they move, make noise, or have certain other qualities.
Assimilation
Interpreting one's new experience in terms of one's existing schemas
Associative play
Characterized by children interacting in groups and participating in similar activities.
Attachment
A strong emotional bond between people, that can begin in the newborn period.
Centration
The ability to consider only one aspect of a situation at a time.
Cephalocaudal development
Development that proceeds from the head downward through the body and toward the feet.
Collective monologue
Separate conversations occur even though each person waits for the other to speak. Not responding to the other's content, but focusing on content from their own mind.
Conservation
That matter is not changed when its form is altered.
Cooperative play
Activity in which children actually play with one another. Playing a part in order to contribute to a unified whole.
Defense mechanisms
Unconscious techniques that distort reality to guide actions and prevent painful challenges to the personality.
Development
An increase in capability or function
Dramatic play
Play in which children enact social roles
Ecologic theory
Emphasizes the presence of mutual interactions between the child and these various settings.
Ego
The realistic part of the person, which develops during infancy and searches for acceptable methods of meeting impulses.
Egocentrism
An inability to see things from the perspective of another
Expressive jargon
Using unintelligible words with normal speech intonations as if truly communicating in words.
Expressive speech
Words a young child can speak; usually less than the child is able to understand
Growth
An increase in physical size
Id
The basic sexual energy that is present at birth and drives the individual to seek pleasure.
Magical thinking
The belief that events occur because of thoughts or wishes
Mutagenesis
Permanent changes in the fetus's genetic material.
Nature
The genetic or hereditary capability of an individual
Nurture
The effects of the environment on a person's performance.
Object permanence
The knowledge that something continues to exist even when out of sight
Parallel play
Two toddlers playing with similar objects side by side. Assists them to develop social skills.
Protective factors
What families and individuals have to provide strength and assistance in dealing with crises.
Proximodistal development
Development that proceeds from the center of the body outward to the extremities
Puberty
Sexual maturity
Receptive speech
Ability to understand what is spoken
Resilience
The ability to function with healthy responses, even with significant stress and adversity.
Risk factors
What families an individuals have that promote or contribute to their challenges.
Self-efficacy
The expectation that someone can produce a desired outcome.
Solitary play
Playing by themselves. Common for infants.
Superego
The moral and ethical system, which develops in childhood and contains a set of values and a conscience.
Teratogenesis
Abnormal development of the fetus
Transductive reasoning
Drawing conclusions from one general fact to another.
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