CP Notes 1 17 - Child development PDF

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Hannah Litt

Notes 1/17/17

● Critical period: the time when you are especially susceptible to developing something ○ A window that opens/shuts: If you miss that window, development may be forever hindered ○ Ex. Learning a language is easier when you’re younger ● Perception: registering info through our sense modalities about properties of the world ○ Visual cliff experiments ■ Space and depth ○ Use perception to guide action ● Cognition: thinking about the physical world and/or social figures ○ Piaget ■ Even though children give wrong answers, there is organization in their thinking ■ Criticism: criteria too strict on kids

● Social development: how do children form social relationships ○ Attachment, peers

● Language: how do young children crack the code (Dr. Patricia Kuhl) ○ Grammar (syntax) is a complex system but kids are somehow able to acquire it at a young age ○ Pitch ○ Pace ○ Infant directed speech: when speaking to young children, slow down, simplify and exaggerate...