Classical Conditioning - Answers Learned reflex, or involuntary response to a stimulus that originally did
not bring about the response.
Passive Learners - Answers Absorbing and auto reacting to stimuli
Operant conditioning - Answers Learner acts, or operates on the environment.
Operant Conditioning is used to - Answers Study Memory
Infant Memory (Piage 1969) - Answers Early events are not retained because the brain is not fully
developed to store
Infant memory (Freud) - Answers Memories are stored but repressed because they are emotionally
troubling.
Infant memory (Nelson) - Answers Can't remember events until they can talk about them
Infant memory (Rovee-Collier) - Answers Shorter attention span than adults.
Behaviorist Approach - Answers Basic mechanics of learning. How behavior changes in response to
experience.
Psychometric Approach - Answers Quantitative differences in abilities that make up intelligence by using
tests that indicate or predict abilities.
Piagetian Approach - Answers Changes/Stages in quality of cognitive functioning. How mind structures
activities an adapts.
Info-processing approach - Answers perception, learning, memory, problem solving. how they process
info from beginning until they use it.
cognitive neuroscience approach - Answers Hardware of nervous system. What brain structures are
involved in specific aspects of Cognition.
Social-contextual approach - Answers Effects environment aspects of learning process (Parent and
caregivers)
intelligent behavior - Answers Goal oriented and adaptive to circumstances and conditions of life.
Intelligent behavior enables people to - Answers Acquire, remember, and use knowledge. to understand
concepts and relationships, and solve problems.
Psychometric tests - Answers Measure quantitatively the factors that are thought to make up
intelligence (Comprehension and reasoning) Helps predict future performance.
, IQ tests - Answers Questions or tasks that show how much of the measured abilities a person has by
comparing scores with norms.
standardization sample - Answers Established by a large group of test-takers.
Developmental tests - Answers Compare babys performace on a series of tasks with norms established.
Bayley scales of infant and toddler development (Time) - Answers Testing 1 month - 3.5 Years
Bayley scales measure - Answers strengths, weaknesses and competencies in 5 developmental areas.
the 5 Developmental areas for bayley scales are - Answers Cognitive language motor social-emotional
and adaptive behavior.
Behavior rating scale - Answers (Developmental Quotients) early detection of emotional problems and
sensory, neurological, and environmental deficits.
Early brain development is - Answers key to future cognitive development
HOME - Answers Home observation for measurement of environment
What does HOME do? - Answers Assesses parental responsiveness, # of books in home, presence of age
appropriate toys, and parents involvement in play.
Frequent parental responsiveness results in - Answers Higher IQ's
Early intervention - Answers systematic process of planning and providing theraputic and educational
services for families that need help in meeting infants, toddlers, and preschoolers child development
levels.
Fostering competence #1 - Answers Provide sensory stimulation but avoid overstimulation
Fostering competence #2 - Answers Create an environment that fosters learning (toys, books etc) and
place to play.
Fostering competence #3 - Answers Respond to baby signals
Fostering competence #4 - Answers Give baby power to effect changes (toys that can move, open
doorknobs etc...)
Fostering competence #5 - Answers Freedom to explore
Fostering competence #6 - Answers Talk to babies (Language learning)
Fostering competence #7 - Answers Enter into whatever they are interested in at the moment
Fostering competence #8 - Answers arrange opportunities to learn basic skills (Sorting by color, shape,
size)