Early Childhood Development

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts related to early childhood development, including growth, brain development, language acquisition, and parenting styles.

Stunting

Refers to children who are short for their age due to poor nutrition, childhood diseases, and socioeconomic status.

Myelination

The process by which the axons of neurons are coated with myelin, enhancing speed of neural functioning.

Infantile Amnesia

Inability to remember experiences before age 4 or 5.

Egocentrism

The inability to distinguish between one’s own perspective and another person’s perspective.

Conservation

The understanding that the amount of a physical substance remains the same even if its physical appearance changes.

Theory of Mind

The ability to understand thinking processes in oneself and others, and recognize that others have different beliefs and perspectives.

Fast Mapping

A process by which children rapidly learn new words by connecting them to their meanings.

Emotional Self-Regulation

The ability to manage and control one’s own emotions.

Authoritative Parenting

A parenting style characterized by high demandingness and high responsiveness.

Centration

Focusing on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of others.