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Psych test 1

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Who believed that the mind is a blank slate at birth? Locke
What is nurture vs. nature? heredity vs. environment
What is continuity vs. discontinuity? changes in friendship (none to several) vs. change in kind or type of friends
Maturation genetically programmed dequential change patterns
critical period when an organism is responsive and learns from a specific type of stimulation
sensitive period time when a particular experience can be best incorporated into the maturational process
The concept of original sin states that all children are born... with a selfish nature
Watson's behaviourism defines development in terms of behaviour changes caused by environmental influences
behaviour genetics genetic contributions to individual behaviour
Psychoanalytic Developement Theory behaviour is governed by unconscious and conscious process
Freud: libido- basic, unconscious, instinct id-source of libido ego-conscious, high up thought superego-morality rigid feeding schedules
Cognitive-Information-Processing child's action on environment and cognitive processing of experiences
Piaget environment does not shape child, children actively seek out understanding of environment
Vygotsky Tasks accomplished with guidance by adults
Information processing how our minds manages information (computer)
Cross-sectional design different people
longitudinal design same people
sequential design both cross-sectional and longitunidal
correlation strength of relationship (zero to high)does not reveal casual relationships
experiments tests a casual hypothesis
quasi-experiment compare groups with randomness
human cells contains _____ chromosomes 46
gametes have ____ chromosomes each 23
Spock open displays of affection
Plato, Descartes some knowledge inborn
Rousseau Humans seek out experiences that help them grow
Rasa knowledge created from experienceenvironmental factors change development
Hall milestones are an inborn pattern
Watson behaviourism, children can be trained through manipulation of environment (Little albert)
Describe maturation, maintenance, facilitation, attunement, induction maturation-upward curvemaintenance-upward curve with ability to fallfacilitation-ledge curve with escalationattunement-stair stepinduction-upward curve and no curve
Piaget Adaptation Assimilation, accomodation, equilibrium
Skinner Operant conditioning: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment
Bandura social cognitive learning theory- observational or modeling
Polygenic inheritance genes blend together to increase genetic outcome in phenotype
Multifactorial patterns traits influenced by both genes and environment
Genomic Imprinting biochemically marked at time of ova and sperm developement
Mitochondrial Inheritance genes passed only from mother to child
genotype genetic blueprint
phenotype observable characterisitics
Brazelton neonatal behavioural assessment tracks developement of reflexes for 2 weeks
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