Language Development Unit 3

dyadic joint attention

attention shared between child and adult

triadic joint attention

attention coordinated between people and objects resulting in a referential triangle of child, adult, and the object or event to which they share attention. This ability develops around 9 months of age.

common ground (joint attentional phrase)

the objects and goal-directed activities that child and adult both know are part of the attentional focus of them both.

Communicative Intention reading

an understanding of other persons as intentional agents who intend things toward one's own intentional/attentional state.

role reversal immitation

human specific form of cultural learning that emerges between 9-12 months.  A child learns to use a symbol/tool toward an adult in the same way that the adult uses it toward the child.

pattern-finding

the statistical learning of concrete and abstract patterns

joint action routine

a ritualized interaction pattern, involving joint action, unified by a specific theme or goal, which follows a logical sequence,  including a clear beginning point, and in which each participant plays a recognized role, with specific response expectancies that is essential to the successful completion of that sequence.

attachment

use of a preferred person as a secure base from which to explore and as a haven of safety or comfort when needed.

secure attachment

confidence that the secure base person will "always be there for me," available, responsive, and able to help or save me.

insecure attachment

lacking confidence that the secure base person will "always be there for me," available, responsive, and able to help or save me.