FRHD 1010 Chapter 5: Chapter 5
24 Nov 2015
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Animism: the belief that natural objects and phenomena are alive. Balanced bilingual: a person who is fluent in two languages, not favoring one over the other. Conservation: the principle that the amount of a substance remains the same even when its appearance changes. Corpus callosum: a long, thick band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain and allows communication between them. Fast-mapping: speedy and imprecise way in which children learn new words by tentatively placing them in mental categories according to their perceived meaning. Head start: most widespread early childhood education program in the us. Injury control/harm reduction: practices that are aimed at anticipating, controlling, and preventing dangerous activities; practices reflect the beliefs that accidents are not random and that injuries can be made less harmful if proper controls are in place. Just right: the tendency of children to insist on having things done in a particular way (clothes, food, bedtime routines, etc. )
