Cognitive structures that allow us to process, organize, and interpret information.

A person with a higher understanding or skill level than the learner for a particular task.

A common type of speech used by parents when talking to infants.

The name for the category of emotions that emerge within the first year of life.

The term for multiple overlapping social identities.

Infant's ability to repeat actions that they observed at an earlier time.

A type of scaffolding for culturally-valued skills.

Two-word phrases that use simplified but correct grammar.

Persistent thinking about negative experiences.

Erikson's stage of development that occurs during adolescence.

The four stages of Piaget's theory, in order.

The most common task used to measure Theory of Mind.

The approximate number of languages worldwide.

The procedure used to investigate when infants first develop a sense of self.

The understanding that gender is a stable trait that does not easily change with development.

The three skills associated with Executive Function.

The adolescent belief that one's experience is unique from others.

The term that describes the process of infants transitioning from "universal listeners" to "native listeners".

The tendency to withdraw or become fearful in novel situations.

The category that is characterized by being low in commitment but high in exploration.

The explanation for why we cannot remember autobiographical events before age 4.

The third level of Kohlberg's theory of moral development that most individuals never reach.

The hypothesis proposing that language influences cognitive development.

The term used to describe when infants cry in response to hearing another infant crying.

The name for the hormonal imbalance that results in the overproduction of androgens during prenatal development.