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Developmental Psychology Chapter 5-10 Exam Flashcards Quizlet

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Developmental Psychology Chapter 5-

Exam

Terms in this set (47)

Co-sleeping

a custom in which parents and their children (usually infants) sleep together in the same bedroom

Shaken baby syndrome

a life threatening injury that occurs when an infant is shaken forcefully, a motion that ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks neural connections

Motor skills

the learned abilities to move some parts of the body in actions ranging from a large leap to a flicker of the eyelid (motor->movement of the muscles)

Gross motor skills

physical abilities involving large body movements such as walking and jumping (gross->big)

Fine motor skills

physical abilities involving involving small body movements , especially of the hands, fingers, such as drawing or picking up a small coin

immunization

process of protecting a person against a disease, via antibodies. Immunization can happen naturally when someone survives a disease or medically, usually via a small dose of the virus that stimulates the production of antibodies and thus renders a person immune.

Sensorimotor intelligence

Piaget's term for the way infants think-by using their sense and motor skills-during the first period of cognitive development.

Object permanence

the realization that objects (including people) still exist when they can no longer be seen, touched, or heard.

"little scientist"

the stage-five toddler (age 12-18 months) who experiments without anticipating the results, using trial and error in active and creative exploration

Grammar

all the methods-word order, verb forms, and so on-that languages use to communicate meaning, apart from the words themselves

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Developmental Psychology Chapter 5-10
Exam
Terms in this set (47)
Co-sleeping
a custom in which parents and their children
(usually infants) sleep together in the same
bedroom
Shaken baby syndrome
a life threatening injury that occurs when an
infant is shaken forcefully, a motion that
ruptures blood vessels in the brain and breaks
neural connections
Motor skills
the learned abilities to move some parts of the
body in actions ranging from a large leap to a
flicker of the eyelid (motor->movement of the
muscles)
Gross motor skills
physical abilities involving large body
movements such as walking and jumping
(gross->big)

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