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Chapter 6 Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define amnesia | The loss of memory |
| Retrograde amnesia | A memory loss from the pass |
| Anterograde amnesia | The new information |
| 3 basic process of memory | Encoding, storage,retrieval |
| Encoding | We acknowledge something |
| Storage | Holding of information overlong period of time |
| Retrieval | Having to pull out a long term information that comes out of storage |
| Short term memory | Limit amount of information for a limited amount of time |
| Chunking | Grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit |
| Maintenance rehearsal | Repeating information |
| Long term memory | Unlimited amount of information for an unlimited amount of time |
| Different levels of LTM | Procedural, semantic, episodic |
| Procedural | Everything that requires a procedure( cooking,laundry) |
| Semantic | General knowledge |
| Episodic | Personal information |
| Serial position effect | Ability to recall information in the beginning (primacy) and the ending (recency) but difficulty remembering the middle |
| Context dependent memory | Same occasion same location |
| State dependent memory | Same occasion different location |
| Genotype | An individual genetic heritage(eye color, skin color) |
| Phenotype | Person’s observable characteristics (dyed hair, tattoos, style) |
| Zygote = | One cell organism |
| Prenatal Development | 1. Germinal period 2. Embryonic period 3. Fetal Period |
| Germinal period | Conception(egg and sperm unite ) 0-2 weeks gestation |
| Embryonic period | 2-8 weeks gestation (embryo) |
| Fetal period | 8 weeks - birth (fetus) |
| Harmful substances that can penetrate the placenta | -X-rays -Alcohol -drugs -Smoking - STD -Rubella (German Measles) |
| Moral Development- Lawrence Kohlberg | 1. Pre conventional: birth-adolescence( caretakers sets the rules/teaches what’s bad) 2. Conventional: Adolescence-young adulthood (society creates the rules) 3. Post conventional: Adulthood (individual knows the rules but break then/lives by there own |
| 1. Crying(to get picked up) 2. Cooling/babbling(dada/mama)3. Gestures( baby putting there arm up to be carried/nonverbal) 4. Telegraphic speech( key words, me go/ 2-3 words) 5. Fast mapping- sentences using 4-5 words | |
| Language development | |
| Stages of dying - Elizabeth Kubler Ross | 1.Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4.Depression 5.acceptance |
| Piagets Stages of development | 1. Sensorimotor:Birth-2 years (Object Permanence>Peek a Bo) 2. Pre operational: 2-7yrs(egocentric thinking/animistic thinking) 3. Concrete operational: 7-11yrs(Conservation:Physical properties may change but the contents may remain the same. Can’t think a |
| Piagets criticism | 1. Underestimated infants bringing more into the world 2. Underestimated genetics 3. Underestimated cultural influences |
| Parenting Styles | 1. Authoritative: parents set limits but not overly controlling 2. Authoritarian: over controlling/rigid “bc I said so” 3. Neglectful: lack of parental involvement in the child’s life 4. Permissive style: “anything goes” responds affectionately but |
| Emotional Judgment- Lawrence Kohlberg | |
| 1. Global empathy - understanding people’s feelings globally 2. Egocentrism- all about the person 3. Empathy for another feelings- understanding 4. Empathy for another’s life condition- understanding not everyone lives the same | |
| Puberty | A period of adolescence when a person becomes cable of reproduction |
| Puberty in order | 1. Adolescence- transition between childhood and adulthood 2. Empty nest syndrome- children moved out of the house 3. Menarche- the onset of menstruation 4. Primary sex characteristics- organs responsible for reproduction 5. Secondary sex charact |
| Thanatology | The study of death and dying |
| Sensory memory | Touch, few seconds |