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17 Cards in this Set
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Nativism |
A philosophical standpoint that holds that certain psychological abilities are inborn and therefore not learned |
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Empiricism |
A philisophical standpoint that holds that the mind is initially a blank slate and all knowledge is the result of learning |
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Constructivism |
A position held by Piaget which proposes that a development occurs of an interaction between innate principles and experience |
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Epigenetic landscape |
The environment that holds a developmental influence on an individual |
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Habituation |
Learning not to react to a stimulus (through repetition) |
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Imprinting |
Early attachment process, discovered by Konrad Lorenz, ethologist |
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Critical period |
The time after birth where an individual learns to recognise their parent |
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Sensitive period |
The time after birth where an individual learns the basic needs to survive |
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Machiavellian Intelligence |
The ability to recognise another being's thinking and possibly predict or manipulate another's actions |
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CONSPEC |
Crude information directing infants' attention to specific cues in order to recognise faces |
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CONLERN |
More advanced information gained after scanning different faces as an infant |
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Theory of mind |
The ability to pick and and translate social cues in order to imagine what someone else is thinking |
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Williams syndrome |
Disorder on a genetic level that changes both the sufferer's appearances and mental capabilities |
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Biological preparedness |
The set of tools provided for humans in order to learn about and adapt to their surroundings |
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Neuroconstructivism |
Emphasises the importance of learning and a gradual modularisation rather than the existence of innate mental modules |
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Ontogenesis |
The development of the inidividual |
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Cortical plasticity |
The fact that the cortex of the brain can take over functions of damaged brain areas |
