Development

The use of thinking to direct muscles and limbs to perform a desired action.

Behaviors in which individuals engage that do not require much conscious thought or effort.

The process of remembering discrete episodes or events from the past, including encoding, consolidation and storage, and retrieval.

Behaviors that a person has control over and completes by choice.

When a participant drops out, or fails to complete, all parts of a study.

When participants demonstrated decreased attention (through looking or listening behavior) to repeatedly-presented stimuli.

Behaviors that a person have control over and completes by choice.

The use of thinking to direct muscles and limbs to perform a desired action.

A behavioral method used to examine recall memory in infants and young children.

The process of remembering discrete episodes or events from the past, including encoding, consolidation and storage, and retrieval.

When participants demonstrated increased attention (through looking or listening behavior) to a new stimulus after having been habituated to a different stimulus.

Recording of biological measures (such as heart rate and hormone levels) and neurological responses (such as brain activity) that may be associated with observable behaviors.

The process of remembering discrete episodes or events from the past, including encoding, consolidation and storage, and retrieval.

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be directly observed (e.g., that a pen continues to exist even when it is hidden under a piece of paper).

Behaviors in which individuals engage that do not require much conscious thought or effort.

When one variable is likely both cause and consequence of another variable.

When participants demonstrated increased attention (through looking or listening behavior) to a new stimulus after having been habituated to a different stimulus.

Behaviors that a person has control over and completes by choice.

Assent

Violation of expectation paradigm

Attrition

The recording of participant brain activity using a stretchy cap with small electrodes or sensors as participants engage in a particular task (commonly viewing photographs or listening to auditory stimuli).

A behavioral method used to examine recall memory in infants and young children.

The process of getting permission from adults for themselves and their children to take part in research.

A research method in which participants are asked to report on their experiences using language, commonly by engaging in conversation with a researcher (participants may also be asked to record their responses in writing).

The idea that two solid masses should not be able to move through one another.

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be directly observed (e.g., that a pen continues to exist even when it is hidden under a piece of paper).