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psych chapters 5-8
chapters 5-8
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2010

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Encopresis
Definition
lack of control over the bowels
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Enuresis
Definition
lack of control over the bladder (bed wetting)
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Motherese
Definition
a 'simplification' of english language where parent talks to a child with words ending in '-y' or other nonsense words such as piggie, blankey, daddy, mommy, go bye bye, wah, etc 
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Cephalocaudal Development
Definition
growth starting from the head to the lower parts of the body
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Proximodistal Development
Definition
growing from central axis outward
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Sleep Terror
Definition
a form of hallucination of some sort waking the individual up, but without them gaining consciousness, and rarely being able to recall it
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Cognitive Attachment
Definition
a child must first develop object permanence to be able to feel attachment to a caregiver
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Behavioral Attachment
Definition
the infant sees those who provide and care for its basic needs and forms an attachment with them
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Psychoanalytic Attachment
Definition
attachment is garnered through a trust bond that is formed between caregiver and infant
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Harlow's Theory of Attachment
Definition
comfort through contact is key to gaining attachment (experiment with the 'fur mother' and the 'milk mother' in monkeys)
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Bridge Stroufe Theory of Emotion Development
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infants are born with one basic emotion:diffuse excitement, and the rest develop and differentiate over time
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Izard's Theory
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infants are born with several emotions, and are shown which ones based off the facial scoring system
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Ethological Attachment
Definition
attachment is a basic instinct within animals where the infant must form this bond with a caregiver
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Prelinguistic Vocalization
Definition
the first kinds of sounds an infant will make, representing phonemes (single sounds like s, p, k, t, etc), as they are experimenting with speech and language
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Echolalia
Definition
the repetition, or echo, of speech, second stage language development, can start to form vowel and consonant sounds and digraphs (th, sh, ea, etc)
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Intonation
Definition
third stage of language development, non words, but pattern and pitch resembling speech, such as the raising of voice while asking a question
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Holophrase
Definition
one word expressed for a more complex meaning, such as a child asking "mama?" but really meaning "where is mama?"
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Secure Attachment
Definition
protest caregiver's departure, and seeks interaction upon return
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Avoidant Attachment
Definition
not rather distressed by caregiver's departure, and ignores upon return
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Ambivalent Attachment
Definition
infant is distressed during caregivers departure, but ambivalent (unsure, confused) upon return, can cling or push away from caregiver
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