HS-155 Exam 1

How we think about what we want

that first of Piaget's stage, which lasts from birth to about 2 years of agel infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with motoric action

think i know how the world works, everything you see fits in this category

adjusting schemes to fit new information and experiences

child inevitably experiences cognitive conflict, counterexamples to his or her exisitng schemes

• Ø Implicit Memory—memory without conscious recollection;
• involves skills and routine procedures that are automatic

• Ø Explicit Memory—memory of facts and experiences that
• individuals consciously know and can state

• Phonology—basic sounds, basic sounds, phoneme-->smallest unit of
• sound that affects meaning

• Morphology—minimal unit of meaning,
• words, prefixes, suffixes

• Syntax—involves the way words are combined to form
• acceptable phrases and sentences

Semantics—meaning of words and sentences

• Pragmatics---the appropriate use of language in different
• contexts

emtions that require self-awarencess, especially consciousness and a sense of "me" examples include jealousy, empathy, embarrassment, pride, shame, guilt.

• emotions that are present in humans and other animals and emerge early in life
• o
• Surprise

Interest

Joy

Anger

Sadness

Fear

Disgust

a smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli. It happens during the month after birth, usually during sleep

a smile in repsonse to an external stimulus, which early in development is typically a face.

• Ø Parents time interactions so that
• infants experience turn-taking with the parents

Spcialization that is bi-directional; children socialize parents, just as parents socialize children

"Reading" emotional cues in others to help determine how to act in a particular situation

• Wrapping baby tightly on back
• -practiced in Navajo
• -Reduces Infants Crying

involves individuals differences in behavioral styles, emotions, and characteristics ways of respong