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24 Cards in this Set
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SCHEMAS
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a framework that organizes and interprets information
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AGGRESSION
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physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone
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COPING
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alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
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BIOFEEDBACK
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a system for electronically recording, amplifying, and feeding back information regarding a subtle physiological state, such as blood pressure or muscle tension
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ENVIRONMENT
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every non-genetic influence from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us. Everything that is not genetic.
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TERATOGENS
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agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during development and cause harm.
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AEROBIC EXERCISE
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sustained exercise that increases heart and lung fitness, may also alleviate depression and axiety.
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HABITUATION
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– a decrease in responding with repeated stimulation- as infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, interest wanes (or grows bored) and they look away sooner.
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TEMPERMENT
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a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
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ATTACHMENT
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an emotional tie with another person, shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on seperation.
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CULTURE
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the enduring behaviors ideas attitudes values and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
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PUBERTY
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– the period of sexual maturation when a person becomes capable of reproducing
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EGOCENTRIC
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one of Piagets theories, the preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view.
Difficulty perceiving things from another point of view. |
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STRESS
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the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging
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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ILLNESS
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literally, mind-body illness, any stress related physical illness, such as hypertension and some headaches.
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X CHROMOSOME
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sex chromo found in both men and women. Females have 2 men have 1, x from both parent produces a female child
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Y CHROMO
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sex chromo found only in males. When paired with the x chromo from female, it produces a male child
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INDIVIDUALISM
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giving priority to ones own goals over group goals and defining ones identity in terms of personal attribute rather than group identification
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COLLECTIVISM
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giving priority to the goals of ones group (often extended family or work group) and defining ones identity accordingly
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COPING WITH STRESS 3 FACTORS:
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Perceived control – having control of life situations
Explanatory style – optimistic and pessimistic Social support – family, church, friends |
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3 STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS:
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Catastrophes – natural disasters
Significant Life changes – marriage death, job loss, family issues Daily Hassles- exams, grocery, waking up |
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3 ASPECTS OF MORALITY DEVELOPMENT
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Moral thinking- Piaget believed that children’s judgement build on their cognitive development. The thinking that occurs as we consider right and wrong
Moral feeling – feeling disgust when seeing people engaged in degrading behavior Moral action – doing the right thing |
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3 STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
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zygote – the fertilized egg, 2 weeks of rapid cell division
embryo – developing human organism from about 2 weeks thru 2nd month fetus – developing human organism from 9weeks to birth |
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EXTRA CREDIT:
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MOVIE: SABRINA –regarding type a & b personalities
Easy button- effects probability VICTOR FRANKLE – MAN;S SEARCH FOR MEANING |
