Intro To Psych Exam 3

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embryonic and germinal stages

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through 2nd month-- child is most vulnerable

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fetal stage

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2nd month- birth

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When is a fetus viable?

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between 22 and 26 months

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cephalocaudal trend

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progression of muscle coordination from head to foot

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proximodistal trend

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progression of muscle coordination from center to outward

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when does seperation anxiety start and peak?

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starts-- 6-8 months

peaks-- 14-18 months

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John Bowlby's views on attachment

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biological/evolutionary

infants are genetically programmed to behave in ways that trigger affectionate, protective response from adults

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Mary Ainsworth's views on attachment

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secure attachment, anxious ambivalent, avoidant

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Harry Harlow's views on attachment

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wire vs. cloth monkey mothers, monkeys want cloth mother, suggests biological basis or contact comfort

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secure attachment

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distress when mom leaves, comfort when she comes home. mom--> home base

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anxious-ambivalent attachment

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still anxious when mom is around, distress when mom leaves, not comforted when mom comes back

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avoidant attachment

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not really intersted in mom, not distressed when she leaves

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Jay Belsky's views on attachment

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if environment is safe and rich in resources, child more likely to form SECURE attachments, therefore forming QUALITY mating relationships later in life

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Erikson's third stage:

initiative vs. guilt

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how to pursue his or her own interests and get along with others

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Piaget's Stage Theory order

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1) sensorimotor
2) preoperational
3) concrete operational
4) formal operational

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sensorimotor period

(Piaget)

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birth to 2 years

circular reactions, object permanence

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object permanence

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represents symbolic thought

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preoperational period

(Piaget)

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2-7 years

CANNOT do conservation tasks, can't understand physical quantities staying the same

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concrete operational period

(Piaget)

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7-11 y ears

perform operations on images of tangible objects and actual events
CAN do conservation tasks

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formal operational period

(Piaget)

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11 to adulthood

apply operations to abstrat concepts
thoughts are abstract, symbolic, logical and reflective

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At what stage in Piaget's theory are children's thought processes particularly egocentric?

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preoperational stage

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Lev Vygotsky theory of child development`

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NOT A STAGE THEORY
children’s cognitive development is fueled by social interactions with adults and older children who provide guidance to allow the child to gradually increase competence on the task.

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Wynn's study of infant math

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at 9 months infants are capable of performing numerical computations

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Kohlberg

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moral development is determined by cognitive development

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Recent research on memory in older adults shows

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age-related declines in the capacity of working memory.

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distinctiveness in personality

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the behavioral differences among people reacting to the same situations

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acute stressors

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major stress--threatening events that have ae relatively short duration and clear endpoint

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chronic stressors

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threatening events that have a relatively long duration and no readily apparent time limit

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Selye-- general adaptation syndrome

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model of stress response
1)alarm
2)resistance
3)exhaustion

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multifactoral causation

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physical health can be affected by many different things, emotional, biological, psychological

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terror management theory

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humans are like animals except more cognitively complex so we can be more self-aware