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| extent to which a measure provides a consistent index of a characteristic |
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| extent to which a measure actually assesses what researchers think it does |
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| a mental structure that organizes information and regulates behavior |
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| taking in information that is compatible with what one already knows |
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| Piaget's periods of cognitive development |
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sensorimotor - 0-2
preoperational - 2-7
concrete operational - middle/late elem. school
formal operations - abstract thought |
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| seeing the world from aother point of view |
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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
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- trust vs. mistrust
- autonomy vs. shame
- iniative vs. guilt
- industry vs. inferiority
- identify vs. role confusion
- intimacy vs. isolation
- generativity vs. stagnation
- ego integrity vs. despair
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| enduring socioemotional relationship between infants and their caregivers |
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| types of secure attachment |
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- secure -- trust and dependence on mothers
- avoidant - insecure - infants turn away from mothers when reunited
- resistant - insecure - after brief separation, infants want to be held but are difficult to console
- disorganized - insecure - infants confused when mom leaves
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autocratic
authoritarian
permissive
uninvolved
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recognition that truth may vary from one situation to another
the adult way of thinking (sophisticated)
solutions must be realistic |
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realistic
investigative
social
conventional
enterprising
artistic |
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| realistic personality type |
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| individuals enjoy physical labor and working with their hands |
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| investigative personality type |
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| individuals are task-oriented and enjoy thinking about abstract relations |
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| skilled verbally and interpersonally |
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| conventional personality type |
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| verbal and quantitative skills that they like to apply to structured, well-defined tasks |
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| enterprising personality type |
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| enjoy using their verbal skills in positions of power |
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| artistic personality type |
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| enjoy expressing themselves through unstructured tasks |
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| money that can be exchanged for lifes necessities and the possibiity of personal growth |
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| children learn by modeling (constructively resolving arguments is beneficial for child) |
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| What is important for longterm relationships? |
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| similar values, interests, communication |
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| physical, sexual, emotional, financial, abandonment, neglect, self-neglect |
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| the sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, confusion, and other feelings that arise after suffering a loss |
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| what is the grief process? |
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acknowledge the reality of the loss
work through the emotional turmoil
adjust to the environment
loosen ties to the deceased |
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| coming to terms with bereavement (psychological) |
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| voluntary relationship between 2 people involving mutual liking |
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1st. stage
infants knowledge of the world is based on senses and motor skills |
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2nd stage of cog. dev.
child learns how to use symbols such as words and numbers to represent aspects of the world |
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3rd stage of cog. dev.
child understands and applies logical operations to experiences provided they are focused on here and now |
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| formal operational thought |
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| adolescent or adult thinks abstractly, deals with hypothetical situations, and speculates about what may be possible |
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| teaches skills - groups influence individuals in areas where standards of behavior are unclear (music, clothing, drinking, drugs, sex) |
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| use of verbal skills in positions of power, status and leadership |
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| rituals marking initiation into adulthead (confirmation, sweet 16, bahmitvah, marriage) |
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| you avoid death, dont attend funerals |
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| maintain quality of life and manage pain of terminally ill |
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| the study of dying, grief bereavement and social attitudes toward these issues |
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| a person's appraisal of event as taxing his or her resources |
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| competetiveness, anger, hostility, aggression, impatience (linked with heart attack) |
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| exercise very important, happy, patient |
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| those who keep traditions alive, usually mothers |
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| person who is part teacher, part sponsor, part model, and part model |
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| a search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor |
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| the desire to live more on the edge |
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| individual overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity and does little to accomplish the task |
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| individual has a status determined by adults rather than by personal exploration |
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| individual is examining different alternatives but has yet to find one thats satisfactory |
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| the individual has explored alternatives and has deliberately chosen a specific identity |
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| feeling of belonging to a specific ethnic group (results in higher self esteem) |
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