HS1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Object Permanence, Joint Attention, Parenting
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Review of language development: between 18-24 months children learn 5/6 new words a day, by age 6, have vocab of 10000 words, most children have referential style - referring to objects/objective events. Some children have expressive style - referring to feelings and relationships: cooing = vowel sounds, between 4-8 months, infants begin babbling, consonant vowel strings in increasingly complex ways. Language development: caregiver speech - parentese, shorter sentences, simpler vocab, unfolds slowly, higher and variable "sing pitch, repetition, fast mapping - ability to connect a word with it"s underlying concept after a brief experience with the word. Behavioural learning: classical conditioning, helps infants understand events that usually occur in unison in their world. Involves creating child rearing environments that recognise a child"s unique temperament while encouraging positive adaptive behaviours: good caregiver - infant temperament fit and a well developed capacity for care-giver infant synchrony, both contribute to high quality caregiver-infant relationships.
