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egocentrism - contemplation of the world exclusively from child's personal perspective stage 6 of cognitive development - new means through mental combinations 18-24 months mental combinations deferred imitation types of developmental psychology research - longitudinal cross-sectional cross-...

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DEP2004 Midterm
egocentrism - contemplation of the world exclusively from child's personal perspective



stage 6 of cognitive development - new means through mental combinations

18-24 months

mental combinations

deferred imitation




types of developmental psychology research - longitudinal

cross-sectional

cross-sequential



longitudinal research - collecting data repeatedly on the same individuals



cross-sectional research - groups of people of one age are compared with people of another age
but are similar in other characterisitcs



cross-sequential - study several groups of people at different ages (a cross-sectional approach)
and follow them over the years (a longitudinal approach)



reflexes - an unlearned, involuntary action or movement in response to a stimulus

occurs without conscious thought



types of reflexes - babinski

moro

rooting

stepping

, palmar



babinski - fans or spreads toes in response to a stroking foot usually disappears at end of first year



moro (startle) - back arches, legs and arms fling out and then brought back to chest in hugging
motion when position suddenly changed, loud noise or bump

lost 6-7 months



rooting - baby turns head and mouth toward stimulus that strokes the cheek, chin or corner of
mouth, facilitates finding mothers nipple for sucking



stepping - mimics walking when held under arms

usually disappears by 3 or 4 months



palmar (grasping) - using 4 fingers, babies grasp fingers/objects, pressed against the palms of their
hands.

most babies support weight

lost by 3-4 months, voluntary grasping 5-6 months



head sparing - biological mechanism that protects the brain when malnutrition disrupts body
growth

brain is last effected



transient exuberance - great but temporary increase in the number of dendrites that develop in
an infants brain during the first two years of life



experience expectant brain functions - brain functions require certain basic common experiences
in order to develop normally



experience dependent brain functions - brain functions depend on particular, variable experiences
and therefore may or may not develop in a particular infant

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