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Class 6 - Development, Testing and Individual Differences Flashcards

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Development psychology

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studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout life

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Zygote

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fertilized egg

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Fetus

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the developing human organism; after embryo

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Embryo

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developing human organism

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Teratogens

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agents that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman’s heavy drinking

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Habituation

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decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation

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Maturation

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biological growth processes that enables orderly changes in behavior

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Cognition

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mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, communicating

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Schema

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a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

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Assimilation

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interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

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Accommodation

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adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information

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Object permanence

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the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

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Conservation

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the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same

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Egocentrism

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the preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view

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Theory of mind

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people’s ideas about their own and other’s mental states – about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict

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Autism spectrum disorder

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marked by deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixed interests and repetitive behaviors

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Piaget : Sensorimotor stage

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object permanence, stranger anxiety; first stage

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Piaget : Preoperational stage

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egocentrism, pretend play; second stage

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Piaget : Concrete operational stage

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conservation, mathematical transformations; third stage

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Piaget : Formal operational stage

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abstract logic, potential for mature moral reasoning; last stage

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Stranger anxiety

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fear of strangers

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Attachment

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emotional tie with another person

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Critical Period

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period when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development

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Imprinting

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process where certain animals form strong attachments during early life

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Strange situation

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procedure for studying attachment; place baby and stranger in the same room without his/her caregiver

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Secure attachment

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explore environments comfortably when their caregiver is present

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Insecure attachment

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infants that display a clinging, anxious attachment or avoidant attachment that resists closeness

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Temperament

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a person’s characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity

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Basic Trust (Erik Erikson)

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sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy

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Self-concept

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all our thoughts and feelings about ourselves in answer to question “Who am I?”

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Parenting styles

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  1. Authoritarian : dictate parent, overbearing
  2. Permissive : allow them to do whatever they want
  3. Negligent : ignore children
  4. Authoritative : firm but reasonable
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Relational aggression

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aggression intended to harm a person’s relationship or social standing

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Gender role

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a set of expected behaviors, attitude, and traits for male or for female

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Androgny

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displaying both traditional masculine and feminine psychological characteristics

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Prunning

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development of connection between cells and form patterns throughout life

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Neural plasticity

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the brain’s neuron’s ability to adapt and grow to form new connections

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Adolescence

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emotional part of brain (limbic system) develop faster than communication part of brain (frontal lobe)

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Kohlberg : Per-conventional morality

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self-interest

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Kohlberg : Conventional morality

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uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social order

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Kohlberg : Post-conventional morality

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actions reflect belief in basic rights and self defined ethical principles

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Erikson : Infancy

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trust vs mistrust

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Erikson : Toddlerhood

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autonomy vs shame and doubt

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Erikson : Preschool

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initiative vs guilt

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Erikson : Elementary school

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competence vs inferiority

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Erikson : Adolescence

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identity vs role confusion

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Erikson : Young adulthood

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intimacy vs isolation

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Erikson : Middle adulthood

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generativity vs stagnation

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Erikson : Late adulthood

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integrity vs despair

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Cross-sectional study

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study two or more group at the same time

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Longitudinal study

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study one individual for a long period of time

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Cohort effect

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phenomena of the difference in individuals growing u pin different eras

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Social clock

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a timeline by the society of what we expect an individual to do at a certain time in their live

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Alzheimer’s disease

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memory and thinking skills slowly destroyed

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General intelligence (g)

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a type of intelligence that measures a person’s intelligence

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Multiple intelligence

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different type of intelligence; Gardner’s eight intelligence

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Savant

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people with superhuman like abilities in one specific field

ex. human calculator, knowing a date of a random calendar date

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Sternberg’s three intelligence

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  1. analytical intelligence : logical situations, science
  2. creative intelligence : solve problem, create something new
  3. practical intelligence : “street smart”, adapt quickly to situations
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Social intelligence

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very social leader, support others, influence, interpersonal intelligence

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Emotion intelligence

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intrapersonal intelligence, deal with and control emotions (own and others)

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Intelligence Quotient

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score of derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence

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Normal curve

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bell-shaped curve

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Calculating IQ

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mental age / chronological age * 100

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Reliability

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results are always consistent regardless of the number of times the test has been performed

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Validity

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is test measuring what it is suppose to test

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Content validity

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how well the test measures what its suppose to measure

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Predictive validity

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extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts scores on some criterion measure

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Cohort

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individual in the same era in time

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Crystallized intelligence

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fact based knowledge

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Fluid intelligence

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knowledge that is adaptable, changable

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Intellectual disability

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disability in intelligence

ex. down syndrome

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Heritability

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proportion of variation among individual in a group that we can attribute to genes

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Stereotype threat

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self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

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