Developmental Concepts in Early Childhood: an Observer Wonders Whether Seth

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Developmental Concepts in Early Childhood: An observer wonders whether Seth knows how to read. She realizes that the boy might know how to read, but it is also possible that this book is a favorite of the boy's and one that he has memorized after listening to it repeatedly. Without additional information, the validity of her inference about Seth's reading is questionable.

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Definitions:

Spillover Effect

The phenomenon where an experience or emotion in one area of life influences feelings or behaviors in another area.

Physiological Reaction

The body's automatic response to a stimulus, involving physical changes like heart rate increase, sweating, or hormone secretion.

Walter Cannon

Walter Cannon was an American physiologist who coined the term "fight or flight response," describing an animal's response to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system.

Spinal Cord

A part of the central nervous system that runs down the vertebral column, transmitting messages between the brain and the body.