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23 Cards in this Set
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adaptation
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Piaget's central process of cog dev. Involves assimilation and accomodation
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accommodation
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Piaget: change existing cog structures to understand new information and experiences
Zebra= a horse with stripes |
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assimilation
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Piaget: incorporate new info into existing schema.
calling a zebra a horse |
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aging and intelligence
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fluid declines with age
crystallized remians fairly stable processing speed declines |
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crystallized intelligence
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vocabulary and information knowledge
DEPENDENT on cultural and educational experiences |
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fluid intelligence
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on the spot reasoning, solve problems, see relationships
Tied to nervous system Most susceptible to age and brain damage |
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aging and memory
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recent long term (secondary) greatest decline
also working memory explicit memory, episodic memory |
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episodic memory
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memory for autobiographical episodes...have personal meaning
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explicit memory
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involves conscious awaremeness of remembering
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procedural memory
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implicit memory. how to do things, accessing these memories in unconscious..comes naturally
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semantic memory
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memory for rules of logic and inference, knowledge about language
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sensory memory
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first stage..holds large amount for only 1-2 seconds
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brain development
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cortex is last to develop (in frontal lobe) brain development continues until early adol
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centration
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focus on one detail while neglecting other important features
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critical period
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development depends on presence of particular environmental stimulation
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sensitive period
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optimal period of development (window)
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Down syndrome
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extra chomosome
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Bronfenbrenner ecological model of development
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environmental influences are microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem
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PKU
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inherited, affects metabolism, early dietary intervention
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scaffolding
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support provided by others which enables him to learn
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separation anxiety
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begins at 8 months- 18 months. gone by 24-36 mo
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divergent thinking
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ability to generate new ideas
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convergent thinking
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ability to group ideas and synthesize to one
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