Chapter 12 Child Development Vocabulary

The modern study of the brain.

• Neuroscience
• Intelligence
• Intellectual Development 
• Incidental Learning

Learning that takes place when a child tries several solutions to find one that works.

• Incidental Learning
• Trial and Error Learning
• Imitation
• Directed Learning

A mental ability that involves using the imagination to produce original ideas.

• Imagination
• Reading Readiness
• Creativity
• Articulation

The ability to interpret and understand everyday situations and to use prior experiences when faced with new situations or problems.

• Incidental Learning
• Neuroscience
• Intellectual Development
• Intelligence

To interpret; to study something until it can be understood.

• Decipher
• Elicit 
• Unstructured
• Stifle

Unplanned learning.

• Intelligence
• Intellectual Development
• Incidental learning
• Imitation

Learning by watching and copying others.

• Imitation
• Modeling
• Incidental Learing
• Trial and Error Learning

Lacking formal organization.

• Stifle
• Unstructured
• Decipher
• Elicit 

Learning that results from being taught, often by parents, other caregivers, teachers, or older siblings.

• Incidental Learning
• Imitation
• Directed Learning
• Trial and Error 

When a person speaks with sporadic repetition or prolonged sounds.

• Stifle
• Stuttering
• Elicit
• Unstructured