| A | B |
|---|
| nerve cell of the central nervous system | neuron |
| involuntary responses to stimuli | reflexe |
| perception that arises from the movement of objects and changes in their positions | dynamic perception |
| ability to witness, remember, and later copy a particular behavior | deferred imitation |
| mental processing of sensory information | perception |
| a disease resulting from a protein deficiency | kwashiorkor |
| something that seems to start, or trigger, a particular happening | launching event |
| single word that expresses a complete thought | holophrase |
| emotions, phrases, and attitudes that make an individual unique | personality |
| synchrony | coordinated action between infant and parent, in which the individual responds to and influences the other |
| degree to which a child's temperament matches the demands of his or her environment | goodness of fit |
| Freud's ternm for the first stage of psychosexual development | oral stage |
| insulating process that speeds up the transmission of neural impulses | myelination |
| network of nerves connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain | corpus callosum |
| child maltreatment | any intentional harm or avoidable endangerment to anyone under age 18 |
| kinship care | form of foster care in which a relative of the maltreated child takes over from the abusive or neglectful parents |
| centration | tendency to focus on one way of thinking and perceiving, without acknowledging any alternatives |
| zones of proximal development | skills or knowledge that are within the potential of the learner but are not yet mastered |
| scripts | skeletal outlines of the usual sequence of events during certain common, recurring experiences |
| talking to ones self, silently or out loud | private speech |
