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umd exam #3
PSYC100H exam #3
Question | Answer |
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genotype | inherited genetic information carried by the organim |
phenotype | actual obsrved characteristics of the individual |
developmentalchanges occur in . .. | stages or phrases |
Jean Piagen studied | development of cognitive competence and developed the state theory |
children use ___ | mental schemas |
new phenomena are interpreted ith existing schemas by. . . | assimilation |
sensory-motor intelligence stage | 0-2 yrs, object permanence established by 9 months, A not B effect present |
preoperational stage | 2-5 yrs, egocentricism, A not B effect disappears, pretend play, can't appreciate conservation of quantity or number |
concrete operational stage | 7-11 yrs, appreciate conservation of quantity and number |
formal operational stage | comprehension of abstract and formal relationships emerge ~11yrs. (odd and even n numbers) |
Criticisms of Piaget | -more sensitive tests for infants can be used based on the habituation procedure-egocentrism in preschoolers may be overstatd-changes in ability need not imply qualitative stage transitions, many processes include memory stages reflect overall functio |
Imprinting | early social experience may have a permanent effect on behavior |
attachment | social bond which forms between infants and their caregivers |
Harlow's studies= | attachment (monkeys) |
contact comfort | monkeys cling to cloth mother |
John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth studied. . . | attachment in human children |
Bowlby and Ainsworth used strange situation- | child's tendency to leave the parent's side in an unfarmiliar environment was measurd |
Bowlby and Ainsworth found (thru strange situation). . . | kids get positive reinforcement from contac and show free floating anxiety when separated. anxiety= separation anxiety |
separation anxiety indicates that. . . | an attachment has been formed |
Renee Spitz studied. . . | lack of attachmentin human infans by comparing to foundling home and nursing home |
Social learning theory- | values are also acquired through modeling and imitation |
Kohlberg studied. . . | moral reasoning |
Preconventional stage | sall children based on anticipation of rewards and punishments |
conventional stagae | moral reasoning based on strict rule following |
postconventional stage | abstract principles to reach moral decisions, doesn't normally appear until adolescence |
Gender identity | clear inner sense of being male or fmale |
gender role | variety of behaviors associated with each gender |
Wolffian duct | male system |
mullerian duct | female system |
2 male hormones | testosterone, nullerian regression hormone |
female hormones | none |
Pseudohermaphroditism | -exponse female fetus to male hormones can produce part male external genitalia, rear as females |
androgen insensitivity | male hormones produced but no receptors develop, females= develop normally, males=no internal genitalia develop, rear as female |
ablatio penis | adjustment best if reared as males |
life span development analyzed in ___ stages | 8 |
0-1.5 | trust vs. mistrust |
1.5-3 | autonomy vs. shame and doubt |
3-6 | initiative vs. guilt |
6yrs-puberty | competence vs. inferiority |
adolescence | identity vs. role confusion |
early adulthood | intimacy vs. isolation |
middle age | productivity vs. stagnation |
later years | integrity vs. despair |
Asch's social pressure experiments | at least 1/3 and up to 2/3 subjects did not make independent line length judgemens |
socially shared reality is- | higly salient to msot individuals |