Chapter 4- Cognition & language Flashcards
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
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- sensorimotor: birth-2; no object permanence (peek a boo)
- Preoperational: 2-7; ego-centrism, no conservation (dividing one pizza into 3 slices is more than 1 pizza)
- Operational: 7-11; logical thought & conservation (water in longer glass same as shorter if same Vi)
- Formal operational: 11 onwards; abstract thought
2
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Ley Vygotsky
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Adult’s help increase cognitive development (social interaction)
3
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Sleep cycle (90 min each)
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- beta waves (alert)
- Alpha (awake but eyes resting)
Stage 1: Theta (light sleep)
Stage 2: theta; sleep spindles and K waves
Stages 3&4: delta; deep & slow
NREM: sleep disorders
REM: paradoxical (seems awake)
Cycle: 1-2-3-4-3-2REM or 1-2-3-4-REM
4
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Dyssomnia
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- trouble falling or staying asleep
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy: sleepwalking, no muscle control, hallucinations (hypnagogic: going to bed vs hypnopompic: popping out of bed)
- Sleep apnea: cannot breathe
5
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Parasomnia (disorders)
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- Night terrors
- Sleepwalking/somnambulism
6
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Depressants
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Alcohol, sedatives (barbiturates, benzodiapenes) act like GABA
7
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Stimulant
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- amphetamine, cocaine, ecstasy
8
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Activation-synthesis dream theory
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Random neural parts activated
9
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Problem-solving theory
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Solve problems
10
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Cognitive process theory
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- counterpart of waking consciousness
11
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Delirium
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Delusional physiological problems with no biological reason
12
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Talking stages
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- up tp a year: babbling
- 1 word/ month
18-20 months: combining words & explosion of language
2-3: longer sentences
5: language rules mastered
13
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Nativist (biologist) theory
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Innate ability
14
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Behaviorist (learning) theory
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By operant conditioning with the enviropnment
15
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Social interactionist theory
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Desire of a child to communicate
