Infancy

Piaget's sensory motor stage

Rooting reflex

Palmar reflex

Sucking reflex

Object permanence

realization that things continue to exist when these things cannot be seen, heard, or touched

The A, not B, error

tendency of infants to search for a hidden object in the location they last found it (A), rather than in a new place to which they saw it being moved (B)

Social interaction and cognitive development

Scaffolding

a form of teaching in which the level of support offered is adjusted to fit the learner's current level of performance

Temperament

Types:

Surgency, or extraversion

Negative affectivity

Effortful control

approach new experiences actively and energetically

tendency to be sad, easily frustrated and irritable

able to sustain attention, control behavior and regulate emotions

Categories:

Easy

Slow to warm up

Difficult

Cheerful and even-tempered

Active, intense and irritable

less active, less intense

An individual's behavior style and characteristic way of emotionally responding to events

Bowlby: Attachment

Securely attached

Insecurely attached - avoidant

Insecurely attached - disorganized/disorientated

Insecurely attached - resistant

Caregivers

Sensitive

Responsive