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Obj. 7.00 Child Dev.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affection | a gentile feeling of fondness or linking |
| Attachment: | affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something |
| Autonomy | having the freedom to govern itself or control your own affairs |
| Bonding | the establishment of a relationship or link with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences |
| Competent | having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully |
| Connected: | sharing ourselves, raw and unedited, with the people closest to us—without the need to document, retouch, upload, broadcast, or archive our relationships |
| Disinhibited: | a lack of restraint manifested in impulsivity, poor risk assessment, and disregard of social conventions |
| Emotional development | learning what feelings and emotions are, understanding how and why they occur |
| Erik Erikson | German-American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings; coined the phrase identity crisis |
| Imitation: | a thing intended to simulate or copy something else |
| Inhibited: | unable to act in a relaxed and natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint |
| Magda Gerber | a early childhood educator in the United States and is known for teaching parents and caregivers how to understand babies and interact with them respectfully from birth |
| Milestone | a significant point in development |
| Nurturing | care for and encourage in growth or development |
| Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) | an infant or young child does not form a secure, healthy emotional bond with his or her primary caretakers |
| Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE): | dedicated to improving the quality of infant care and education through teaching, supporting, and mentoring |
| Secure | feeling safe; people getting their attachment needs met; both partners generally content and relaxed |
| Social development | the process by which a child learns to interact with others around them |
| Stages of Psychosocial Development | Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development that states that stages arise as individuals grown and face new decisions and turning points during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood |
| Temperament: | consistent individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values, and attitudes |
| Trust: | irm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something |
| Albert Bandura: | Canadian-American social cognitive psychologist whose Bobo doll and theory of social learning transformed the field of psychology |
| Anger: | a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility |
| Anxiety: | a feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness |
| Autonomy: | the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision |
| Behavior: | the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others |
| Consistency: | when something is done the same way over time, especially to be fair or accurate |
| Doubt | eeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction |
| Envy | a desire to want what someone else possesses |
| Fear: | an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is |
| Guilt: | a feeling of remorse for a wrongdoing that is associated with one’s responsibility |
| Jealousy: | thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety; can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness, or disgust |
| Love and affection: | caring about someone or something, taking care of them and keeping them safe |
| Redirection: | directing someone to a new or different place or purpose |
| Reinforcement: | the process of encouraging or establishing a belief or pattern of behavior, especially by encouragement or reward |
| Self-awareness: | conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires |
| Self-esteem: | confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect |
| Separation anxiety: | anxiety provoked in a young child by separation or the threat of separation from their primary caregiver |
| Shame: | a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior |
| Social learning theory: | suggests that social behavior is learned by observing and imitating the behavior or others |
| Temper tantrum | an angry outburst by someone who has lost their temper in reaction to something that did not go their way or that they did not want to happen |
| Unconditional love: | known as affection without any limitations, or love without conditions |
| Decipher | succeeding in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something) |
| Defiance: | when one is boldly disobedient |
| Discipline: | the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior |
| Emotional readiness: | when one is able to decipher emotions and have an appropriate reaction to them |
| Empathy: | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
| Impatient | not being able to wait; eager |
| Intervention | the act of interfering with the outcome or course, especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning) |
| Self-confidence: | a feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities, and judgment |
| Self-esteem: | confidence in one’s own worth or abilities; self-respect |
| Social readiness: | the developing capacity to experience and regulate emotions, form secure relationships, and explore and learn |
| Stubborn: | dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something |