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| The Study found that people with enriched environments had IQ's at the top of their reaction ranges and people with poor environment had IQ's at the bottom of their REaction range |
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| 3 genotypic environment relationships |
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- "Double whammy“: typically individuals receive both their genes and their experiences from their parents.
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| early on heredity influences behavior which trigger responses from others reinforcing that original behavior |
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| Older children and adults play an active role in seeking out environments that fit their genetic tendencies. “Niche picking” |
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| How do scientists study Development? 2 approaches? |
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cohorts- groups of ind. roughly the same age
cross sectional approach - study groups of people among a variety of cohorts |
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| AGENTS” that can enter the placenta and harm the developing fetus. |
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| Infants pay more attention to new objects than habituated ones, which shows they are learning. |
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| what causes infantile amnesia |
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| the usage of different storage techniques |
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| Piaget’s ideas about cognitive development? |
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Children are little scientists and philosophers:
They try to make sense out of their exeriences. |
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| mental molds into which we pour our experiences into |
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assimilation -incorporating new experiences into our current understanding
adaptation - adapting our current understanding to fit our new experiences |
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| piagets stages of cognitive development- 4? |
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- sensorimotor
- preoperational
- concrete operational
- formal operational
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- definitions in action and perception
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- realize the world will continue to exist
- before 6 months, objects that are out of sight are out of mind
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preoperational stage
animism
artificialism |
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- magical thinking isnt scientific
- belief that every object has human like qualities
- everything is made by someone
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- inability to perceive things from another persons view
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phonemes
morphemes
how do children learn language so quickly |
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- units of sound
- units of meaning
- learning and imitation
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| concrete operational stage |
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- logical, but concrete thinking
- Basic Math
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- Authoritarian - demanding "becuase i said so"
- permissive - mostly nurturing "if u want to"
- authoritative - a good balance "lets talk about it"
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| When does adolescence begin? end? |
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formal operational stage:
Piaget
kohlberg moral reasoning
Elkinds personality |
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- abstract, hypothetical, logical scientific thought
- principal level (democracy), conventional level( upholding laws), preconventional (selfish, avoid punishment)
- idealism (think deeper)
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| AS you age what happens to recall and recognition |
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- recall declines but recognition remains stable
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| crystallized and fluid intelligence |
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- cryst - accumulation of knowledge and skill over time
- fluid - ability to engage in abstract quick thoughts
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| committments of adulthood? |
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| % of people marry? divorced? remarry? |
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| Which adults are least satisfied? |
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empty nest is myth
rekindles marriage
increases life satisfaction |
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- caregiving for their old parents and their own children
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| 5 death coping stages/strategies? |
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- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
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| type A and type B personalities |
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A- dominating, tense, leader
B - laid back, passive, easy going |
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problem focused - focus on fixing problem
Emotion focused - reframe the problem, alter the response, and seek support |
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| best treatment for depression? |
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| Appraisal of a threatful situation? |
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| can either treat it as a threat that you can't conquer or something you have to apply yourself to. |
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| what creates the feeling of stress |
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| sympathetic nervous system releases cortisol which creates NE and E |
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| what do stress hormones cause? |
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- heart disease
- immune suppression
- headaches, hypertension
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