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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Developmental psychology | the study of changes that occur as an individuals matures |
| grasping reflex | an infant's clinging response to touch on the palm of his or he hand |
| capacity | an individual's mental or physical ability, aptitude, or skill |
| telegraphic speech | the kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning us usually clear |
| assimilation | the process of fitting objects and experiences into one's schema |
| representational thought | the intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind |
| egocentric | a young child's inability to understand another person's perspective |
| invariably | always |
| imprinting | inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see |
| schema | a conceptual framework a person uses to to make sense of the world |
| rooting reflex | an infant's response in turning toward the source of touching that occurs anywhere around his or hers mouth |
| accommodation | the adjustment of one's schemas to include newly observed events and experiences |
| role taking | children's play that involves assuming adult roles, thus enabling the child to experience different points of view |
| indentification | the process by which a child adopts the values and principles of the same -sex parent |
| soicalization | the process of learning the rules of behavior of the culture within which an individual is born and will live |
| theory | a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena |
| sublimation | the process of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks |