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