Copy of Child psych notes, chapter 7,12, 13, 15, 2/3

What are concepts?

General ideas or understandings that group together similar objects, events, qualities, or abstractions.

Definition of categorization

The process by which infants and children group objects into categories based on shared characteristics.

What is perceptual categorization?

The grouping of objects based on similar appearances, such as color, size, and movement.

What is the nativist perspective in conceptual development?

The view that basic conceptual understanding is innate and that nurture helps children move beyond this initial understanding.

Empiricist perspective

The belief that infants have general learning mechanisms that allow them to form concepts through experience.

Define 'hierarchical categorization' in child development.

A system where categories are organized by set-subset relations, such as animal/dog/poodle.

What is meta-cognition?

The understanding of one’s own thought processes, including awareness of how mental states affect one's actions.

What does 'naive psychology' refer to?

A basic understanding of desires, beliefs, and actions that helps children interpret their own and others' behavior.

Connection between self-consciousness and attachment

Early understanding of being separate from others is linked to emotional responses and the development of secure attachments.

List the three main attachment styles identified by Ainsworth.

Secure, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-resistant.