LL6: Cognitive Development 2

Glossary

B

babbling-repetition of consonant-vowel combinations in long strings, beginning at 6 months of age

D

developmentally appropriate practice-a set of standards, devised by the U.S. National Association for the Education of Young Children, specifying program characteristics that meet young children's developmental and individual needs, based on current research and the consensus of experts.

developmental quotient-a score on an infant intelligence test, computed in the same manner as an IQ but labeled more conservatively because it does not tap the same dimensions of intelligence measured in older children.

J

joint attention-a state in which the child and caregiver attend to the same object or event and the caregiver labels what the child sees. Contributes greatly to early language development

T

telegraphic speech-toddlers' two-word utterances that, like a telegram, focus on high-content words while omitting smaller, less important ones.

V

video deficit effect-in toddlers, poorer performance on tasks after watching a video than a live demonstration