chapter 12 vocab

the modern study of the brain

• Neuroscience

• intelligence

• incidental learning

• trail-and-error learning

ability to interpret and understand everyday situations and use prior experience when faced with new situations or problems

• intelligence

• incidental learning

• trial-and-error learning

• directed learning

an unplanned learning

• incidental learning

• imitation

• directed learning

• unstructured

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

• trail-and-error learning

• incidental learning

• directed learning

• imitation

learning by watching and copying others

• imitation

• directed learning

• incidental learning

• creativity

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

• directed learning

• imitation

• elicit

• stifle

bring about, a negative response

• elicit

• unstructured

• articulation

• stuttering

a mental ability that involves using the imagination to produce original ideas

• creativity

• imagination

• stifle

• imitation

suppress

• stifle

• reading readiness

• math readiness

• unstructured

learning the skills necessary for reading, including letter recognition and the understanding that letters of the alphabet combine to form words on a page

• reading readiness

• math readiness

• unstructured

• articulation