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1
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who believed everyone is born with a blank slate

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John Locke

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2
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who believed everyone is born with innate goodness

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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3
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in the 19/20th century, which two people used scientific questionnaires to test what is normal development

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Stanley Hall and Alfred Binet

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4
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what is the term given to having the capacity for positive change

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plasticity

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5
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what makes up the cognitive domain of development

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learning, memory, intelligence and problem solving

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what makes up the socio-emotional domain of development

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identity, relationships, what makes us unique

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in terms of the interactionist model, what is the difference in beliefs between Locke and Piaget

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Piaget believes genetics plays a big role in human development. Locke believed the environment and external factors plays a big role in human development

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true or false - developing a second language is part of a sensitive period

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true

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9
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is a critical or sensitive period irreversible

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critical

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10
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what is attrition bias

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occurs when participants who drop out of the study - the drop outs have unique characteristics compared to the people who remain

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what are the four research ethic rules

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  1. respect for individuals - non discrimination, confidentiality and protection
  2. respect for care - minimizing harm, competency, self knowledge
  3. integrity - honesty, lack of bias, discipline
  4. responsibility to society - pursuit for beneficial research
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12
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who proposed the psychosexual theory and what does he believe

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Freud
- he believed the unconscious determines the personality and behaviour

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what are the stages of the psychosexual theory

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oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital

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true or false - we are born with an ego

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false - we are born with Id

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15
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between the id, superego and ego, which one is the mediator

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ego

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16
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who proposed the hierarchy of needs

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Maslow
- our actions are motivated by physiological and psychological needs

17
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what was Piaget’s theory

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he proposed the constructivist theory and he believed equilibrium came from both assimilation and accommodation

18
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what are the 4 stages of the constructivist theory

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sensorimotor
pre-operational
concrete operational
formal operational

19
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what did Bandura believe

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he thought human behavior is influenced through observational learning and imitation

20
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what did Binet and Simon do

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they proposed the first standardized intelligence test

21
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what are defence mechanisms

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a method to reduce anxiety when the id and superego are being too demanding

22
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what is the difference between the Electra and Oedipal complex

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oedipal - rivalry between the son and father for his mother’s love
electra - rivalry between daughter and mother for her father’s love

23
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when do children enter the latent stage

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5-6 years old

24
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what was different in what Erik Erikson proposed compared to Freud

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Erikson theorized about psychosocial development and the emphasis of the ego

25
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match the important life event with the personality crisis

feeding, toilet training, exploration, relationships, social relationships, work/parenthood, life review

trust vs mistrust
intimacy vs isolation
autonomy vs doubt
ego integrity vs despair
indentity vs role confusion
industry vs inferiority
generativity vs stagnation
initiative vs guilt

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feeding - trust vs mistrust
toilet training - autonomy vs doubt
exploration - initiative vs guilt
school - industry vs inferiority
friendships - indentity vs role confusion
relationships - intimacy vs isolation
work/parenthood - generativity vs stagnation
life review - ego integrity vs despair

26
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what is a schema

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an action pattern involved in acquisition and organization of knowledge

27
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match the system with the interactions

microsystem
macrosystem
exosystem
chronosystem

school/peers/family/health services
school board/extended family/media/government/parent’s SES
attitudes and ideologies of culture
environmental changes

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microsystem - school/peers/family/health services
macrosystem - attitudes and ideologies of culture
exosystem - school board/extended family/media/government/parent’s SES
chronosystem - environmental changes

28
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what is scaffolding

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term for temporary cognitive structures or methods of solving problems that help children learn independently

29
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what does the Medicine Wheel represent

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it is cyclical and on nature/seasons as well as a person’s stages and changes in life

30
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true or false - there are no complications to longitudinal studies

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false - there are drawbacks

31
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what is the cohort effect

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when a group of people are born at the same time, they experience cultural and other events unique to their age group; therefore, adults and children cannot be accurately compared