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RIT 0514-441
Exam 2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
04/26/2012

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Term
Emotion
Definition
Strong and informative cues about the infant's current state.
Term
Temperament
Definition
Reflects stable, biologically differences in behavior that affect the child's interactions with social and physical environment.
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Attachments
Definition
Specific, lasting, social relationships with others.
Term
Primary Emotions
Definition
Joy, surprise, sadness, anger, fear, shyness.
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Secondary Emotions
Definition
Embarrassment, pride, shame, guilt, envy.
Term
Months 6-9
Definition
Stranger anxiety period.
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Social referencing
Definition
Seeking out another person's perception of a situation to help us form our own view of it.
Term
- Looking at someone else.
- Associating response with the situation.
- Regulating own response.
Definition
3 Components of Social Referencing
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Function of feeding
Definition
First view of attachment.
Term
Indiscriminate attachment
Definition
No particular preference for caregiver.
Term
- Initial preattachment. (Birth - 3 months)
- Attachment in the making. (3-4)
- Clear-cut attachment. (6-7)
Definition
Phases of attachment.
Term
Secure attachment
Definition
Play and explore when caregiver is present, become visibly upset when she leaves, calms quickly when she returns.
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Anxious/Ambivalent attachment
Definition
Show anxiety even when the caregiver is near, protest excessively when she leaves, not comforted when she returns.
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Avoidant attachment
Definition
Seeks little contact with caregiver, not distressed when she leaves, avoids contact when she returns.
Term
Comprehension
Definition
Understanding language.
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Production
Definition
Making the sounds of language.
Term
Referential language style
Definition
Uses language primarily to label objects in the environment.
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Expressive language style
Definition
Uses language primarily for engaging in social interactions. Uses more pronouns and words in social routines. Most children use this.
Term
Overextension
Definition
Extending the meaning of one word to refer to things and actions for which they have no words yet.
Term
Telegraphic Speech
Definition
Brief expressions that have the meaning of sentences.
Term
Holophrase
Definition
Single words used to express complex meanings.
Term
Mean Length of Utterance
Definition
The average number of morphemes used in a sentence.
Term
Infant-directed speech
Definition
Varying inflection, speed, and word choice when talking with infants.
Term
Turn taking
Definition
Conversational give-and-take.
Term
Gestures
Definition
Nonverbal support of communication.
Term
Reversibility
Definition
An item that has been changed can return to its original state by reversing the process (e.g., letting the air out of a ball)
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Classification
Definition
Items can belong to multiple categories (e.g., mommy is a woman, a daughter, a sister, and a mother)
Term
Symbolic Thought
Definition
Using symbols to represent objects and relationships among them.
Term
Years 4-5
Definition
Years when child can determine if something is false.
Term
The Appearance-Reality Distinction
Definition
Knowing the difference between reality and fantasy or misleading appearances.
Term
Fast-Mapping
Definition
Process whereby the child quickly attaches a new word to its appropriate concept.
Term
Whole Object Assumption
Definition
Assume that words refer to whole objects and not to their component parts or characteristics.
Term
Contrast Assumption
Definition
Assume objects only have one label.
Term
Year 3
Definition
Year of grammar explosion
Term
Over-regularization
Definition
At younger ages they tend to apply the rules rather strictly, not allowing for exceptions.
This leads to errors such as incorrect past tense and pluralization use (e.g., sheeps)
Term
Decentration
Definition
The ability to focus on multiple parts of a problem at once.
Term
Seriation
Definition
The ability to arrange items in a sequenced order according to particular properties (e.g., tallest to shortest)
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Transitivity
Definition
Builds on seriation; requires combining two relations to derive a third relation (e.g., Bob > Sam and Sam > Bill so Bob > Bill)
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Class Inclusion
Definition
The ability to differentiate subclasses of objects.
Term
Self-conceptions
Definition
Evaluative judgments about specific characteristics, physical appearance, and cognitive ability.
Term
Self-esteem
Definition
Global assessment of self-worth
Term
Categorical self
Definition
Refers to concrete external traits
Term
Gender awareness
Definition
Discriminate between men and women.
Term
Gender stability
Definition
Recognition that people retain their sexes for a lifetime
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Gender constancy
Definition
Recognition that people’s sex does not change even if their clothing and behavior is inconsistent with stereotypical expectations
Term
1. Moral Realism
2. Autonomous Morality
Definition
Piaget's Theory of Moral Development Stages
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