Chapter 5 Reflexes
Baby sign language
Modified gestures of American Sign Language.
Empathy
The ability to understand another's feelings.
Holophrase
a single word and gesture to express a complete thought
relfex
is an automatic body response to a stimulus
Seperation anxiety
when a child is unhappy because a caregiver is leaving.
joint attention
Emerges when the infant attends to the same event or object as the caregiver.
preverbal gestures
Intentional signals a baby uses to influence other people in their environment
passivity
Level of involvement with a child's surrounding. Withdrawing from a new person or event.
Attachment
Looking, smiling, clinging, cooing, and crying are examples of Attachment behaviors.
motor sequence
Refers to the order in which a child is able to preform new movements.
Culture
The values, beliefs and practice of a popular groups.
prosocial behavior
act of kindness that benefits others behaviors that demonstrate cooperation and helpfulness
deffered imitation
children demonstrate deffered imitation by watching another person's behavior and acting out it later
Temperment
infants differ in Temperment, or the quality and intensity of emotional reactions
Irritability
tendency to feel distressed
Object permanence
the understanding that an object continues to exist even if you cannot see them
telegraphic speech
two-word phrase toddlers begin to form when they first learn to combine words