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| In Piaget's theory, actions or mental representation that organize knowledge. |
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| Piagetian concept of using existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences |
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| Piagetian concept of adjusting schemes to fit new information and experiences. |
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| Piaget's concept of grouping isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order, more smoothly funtioning cognitive system. |
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| The Piagetian term for understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched |
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| States that infants are born with domain-specific innate knowledge systems |
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| The focusing of mental resources on select information |
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| Orienting/Investigative Process |
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| This process involves directing attention to potentially important locations in the environment (that is, where) and recognizing objects and their features (such as color and form.... which is what) |
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Sustained Attention
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Focused Attention |
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| Allows infants to learn about and remember characteristics of a stimulus as it becomes familiar |
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| A central feature of cognitive development, pertaining to all situations in which an individual retains information over time |
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| Memory without conscious recollection; involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed |
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| Memory of facts and experiences that indiviuals consciously know and can state |
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| A form of communication, whether spoken, written, or signed, that is based on a system of symbols. This consists of the words used by a community and the rules for varying and combining them. |
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| The sound system of the language, including the sounds that are used and how they may be combined |
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| The ways words are combined to form acceptable phrases and sentences. |
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| The meaning of words and sentences |
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| Words that children understand |
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| The use of short and precise words without grammatical markers such as articles, auxiliary verbs, and other connectives |
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| An area in the brain's left frontal lobe that is involved in speech production |
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