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Pysch
Unit 4 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a embryo? | Two weeks after fertilization |
| What is a Fertilization? | Sperm plus egg equals zygote |
| What is a motor reflex? | It is automatic physical behavior needed for survival |
| What does Habituation mean? | It means show something until it becomes familiar |
| What does Preferential looking mean? | It means two or more stimuli at once to see which infant will pick |
| What does visual cliff mean? | It means it tests the depth perception |
| What does critical period mean? | It means limited window to learn experience |
| What does Secure attachment mean? | Cries when caregiver leaves, welcomed them back |
| What does Anxious attachment mean? | Cries profusely when caregiver leaves, resistant when they return |
| What does Avoidant attachment mean? | Not caring if caregiver came back, not playing when they returned |
| What is a Sensorimotor stage mean. | Age range : 0-2 Def: Learning through concrete actions |
| What is a Preoperational stage mean? | Age range : 2-7 Def: Uses mental imagery and symbols, cannot understand abstract concepts |
| What is a Concerete operations stage mean? | Age range: 7 - 12 Def: Tied to actual experiences, understands conservation |
| What does a Formal operations stage ? | Age: 13 or older Def: Ability for abstract thought an drawing and logical conclusions |
| What does Social Norm mean? | Means : Rules that regulate social life |
| What does social role mean? | Means: Position regulated by norms for proper behavior |
| What does social culture mean? | Means : Set values and beliefs shared by the community |
| What does Situation mean? | Means: Situation or environment is the cause for action |
| What does Disposition mean? | Means : Personality trait is the cause for action |
| What does Self serving biases? | Means: Thinking that makes us feel good |
| What does better than average mean? | Means : We are mostly above performers |
| What does just world mean? | Means : The world is fair |
| What does central route mean? | Strength of the argument |
| What does Peripheral route mean? | : Superficial characteristics |
| What does the foot in the door strategy mean? | Someone agrees to smaller task then a second, larger task |
| What does door in the foot strategy mean? | Someone rejects a known lather task then more likely to accept smaller task |
| What does Cognitive Dissonance mean? | Inconsistency in attitudes, beliefs or action |
| What does Entrapment mean? | Gradual process where someone escalates commitment to action in order to justify investment |
| What is Object permeance? | Means: Object exists even if you cannot see or touch it |
| What is Conservation? | Physical properties remain the same regardless of form or appearance |
| What is Infant Directed speech? | It means that they have higher pitch and exaggerated intonation |
| What is telegraphic speech? | It means the first string of words that the child says. |
| Parenting Style ( Authoritative) | Balance between strict and flexible |
| Parenting Style (Authoritarian) | Strict to the core |
| Parenting style (Permissive ) | When the parent does not engage with the child at all. |
| What is preconventional? | Fear of punishment |
| What is Conventional | Conformity and approval of others , following the law |
| What is Postconventional? | Abstract principles, standards, universal human rights |
| Lorenz | Imprinting |
| Bowlby | Importance of touch |
| Harlow | Importance of contact comfort |
| Trust verse mistrust | Depending on others are needs being met? |
| Autonomy vs Shame and doubt | Testing independence, do they feel comfortable ? |
| Initiative vs guilt | Learning new skills and controlling impulses, must avoid intense guilt |
| Competence vs inferiority | Acquiring new skills or they feel inferior |
| Intimacy vs isolation | Seeking companionship or ending up alone |
| Generativity vs Stagnation | Willingness to engage in acts that promote well-being of younger generations |
| Ego integrity vs despair | Feeling good about their lives of despair |
| Adolescent Brain | Pruning of synapses in a prefrontal cortex |
| Myelinization | Strengthening connections between emotional areas of brain with rational areas |
| Conformity | Changing belief to fit the crowd People change their minds to fit in or not be left out |
| Social Identity | Where do we belong |
| In group vs out group | Group you belong versus the other groups |
| Personality | A distinctive and relatively stable pattern of behavior, thoughts and motives, emotions that characterize an individual |
| Psychodynamic Theory | Forbidden desires Internal Conflict All unconscious |
| Psychoanalysis vs Psychodynamic | Psychodynamic : Unconscious motives and conflict Psychoanalysis: Unconscious |
| Id | Pleasure seeker |
| Ego | Voice of reason |
| Excess id | Impulsive and selfish |
| Excess superego | Rigid and bossy |
| Id clashes with superego | Ego uses weapons to relieve anxiety |
| Repression | Blocked from consciousness |
| Projection | Project unpleasant feelings to someone else |
| Displacement | Direct emotions to unintended person |
| Regression | Goes back to childhood mentally |
| Denial | Pretends it does not exist |
| Oral | Experiencing the world through your mouth |
| Anal ` | Controlling bodily functions |
| Phallic | Desires opposite sex parent, reject same sex parent |
| Latency | Non - sexual |
| Genital | Puberty |
| Heritability | How much variety in trait comes from genetics |
| Temperament | How one responds to their environment |
| Extraversion vs introversion | Outgoing vs Introverted |
| Agreeableness vs Antagonism | Cooperative vs abrasive |
| Conscientiousness vs impulsiveness | Responsible vs reckless |
| Emotional stability vs neuroticism | Calm vs emotionally erratic |
| Openness vs resistance to experience | Open to change vs resistance to charge |