Lifespan Psychology Exam 2 (Q&A 2022/2023 100% Solved)

Lifespan Psychology Exam 2 (Q&A 2022/2023 100% Solved) Assimilation - ANSWER the process in which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking Accommodation - ANSWER changes an existing way of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events Simple reflexes substage - ANSWER first month of life; various reflexes that determine the infant's interactions with the world are at the center of its cognitive development First habits and primary circular reactions substage - ANSWER 1-4 months; infant's begin to coordinate what were separate actions into single, integrated activities Secondary circular reactions substage - ANSWER 4-8 months; infants take major strides in shifting their cognitive horizons beyond themselves and begin to act on the outside world Coordination of secondary circular reactions substage - ANSWER 8-12 months; infants begin to use more calculated approaches to producing events by coordinating several schemes to generate a single act -- achieve object permanence Tertiary circular reactions substage - ANSWER 12-18 months; infants develop the deliberate variation of actions that bring desirable consequences - rather then just repeating enjoyable activities infants appear to carry out miniature experiences to observe the consequences Beginnings of though substage - ANSWER 18 months - 2 years; capacity for mental representation of symbolic thought; infants imagine where objects that they cannot see might be Object permanence - ANSWER the realization that people and objects exist even when they cannot be seen Deferred imitation - ANSWER an act in which a person who is no longer present is imitated by children who have witness a similar act Comprehension precedes (leads up to) production - ANSWER comprehension - understanding of speech production - use of language to communicate Holophrase - ANSWER one-word utterances that stand for a whole phrase, whose meaning depends on th