Preoperational stage: Kids can reason and think about the world in ways that were not possible in earlier stages.
Intuition: Primitive reasoning based on feelings, to more rational and logical thinking.
Centration: The tendency to focus on just one aspect of something seen.
Conservation: Refers to the ability to follow transformations of viewed objects.
Egocentrism: The inability to take another person's perspective.
Windows of Opportunity: The time frames for optimizing the development of critical skills.
Metacognition: The kids think about what they are thinking.
Metamemory: The kids think about what they remember.
Phonology: Refers to the sounds that make up words.
Semantics: Refers to the meanings of words.
Preconventional mortality: Kohlberg's first level of moral development.
Initiative versus guilt: Eriksons description of the next stage in socio-emotional development.
Democratic Parenting Styles: Parents who offer support while setting clear limits.
Authoritarian parenting style: Controlling and corrective.
Permissive parenting style: Let children control situations, making the decisions with few limits or controls.
Gender Identity: Most children by the age of 3 have a sense that they are a girl or a boy.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Affects an area in the brain and researchers believe it is genetic.
Autism spectrum disorder: a developmental disability that leads to problems with social behaviors and communication.
Aspergers disorder: A mild form of autism.
Autism Disorder: Can affect all areas of development.
