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7.00 Child Dev.Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affection | 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 | significant point in development |
| nurturing | care for and encourage in growth or development |
| reactive attachment disorder (RAD) | infant or young child does not form a secure, healthy emotional bond with his or her primary caretakers often results in the child having trouble managing his or her emotions and having struggles to form meaningful connections with other people |
| 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 | firm 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 | feeling 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 dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat |
| 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 |