Dev. Vocab

Question 1

SCHEMA

Answer 1

specific plans for knowing the world.

Question 2

assimilation

Answer 2

process of fitting objects & experiences into one’s schemas

Question 3

accommodation

Answer 3

adjustment of one’s schemas to include newly observed events & experiences

Question 4

object permenance

Answer 4

a child’s realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it.

Question 5

jean piaget

Answer 5

described the changes that occur in children’s understanding in four stages of cognitive development.

Question 6

representational thought

Answer 6

ability to

picture an object in one’s mind.

Question 7

conservation

Answer 7

the principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance is changed.

requires the child to consider other options.

Question 8

EGOCENTRIC

Answer 8

see the world from their own viewpoint without considering other options.

Question 9

imprinting

Answer 9

the inherited tendencies or responses that are displayed by newborn animals when they encounter new stimuli in their environment.

Question 10

CRITICAL PERIOD

Answer 10

a specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned.

Question 11

Konrad Lorenz

Answer 11

discovered imprinting.

Question 12

separation anxiety

Answer 12

getting frantic when away from parents

Question 13

harry harlow

Answer 13

concluded that the need for attachment is a need for contact comfort more than a need for food.

Question 14

mary ainsworth

Answer 14

Mary Dinsmore Ainsworth was an American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in the development of attachment theory.

Question 15

piaget’s stages of cognitive dev.

Answer 15

sensorimotor
preoperational stage
concrete operations
formal operations

Question 16

sensorimotor stage characteristics and ex. of schema

Answer 16

No object permanence
No concept of conservation
Responds to stimuli

Clay balls do not exist unless I see them.

Question 17

preoperational stage characteristics and ex. of schema

Answer 17

No concept of conservation
Does have representational thought
Uses mental symbols/words

Clay balls exist even when I don’t see them. If I flatten a clay ball it has less clay than when it was a ball.

Question 18

concrete operations

Answer 18

Understands concept of conservation

If I flatten a clay ball, it has the same amount of clay as when it is round.

Question 19

Formal operations

Answer 19

Understands abstract ideas and hypothetical situations
Can use reason and logic to reach an answer

If I cut a clay ball in half, I will have two balls each with half of the clay of the original ball.

Question 20

patterns of attachment

Answer 20

Early patterns of attachment, in turn, shape — but do not determine — the individual’s expectations in later relationships. Four different attachment classifications have been identified in children: secure attachment, anxious-ambivalent attachment, anxious-avoidant attachment, and disorganized attachment.

Question 21

stranger anxiety

Answer 21

getting fussy when a child is around or sees someone they’re unfamiliar with

Question 22

QUALITATIVE

Answer 22

differences in manner of thinking

Question 23

CONSERVATION

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principle that a given quantity doesnt change when the appearance changes

Question 24

EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES B/W THE SENSORIMOTORSTAGE AND THE FORMAL OPERATIONS STAGE

Answer 24

BEHAVIOR: SIMPLE MOTOR RESPONSES TO SENSORY STIMULI. LACKS CONCEPT OF OBJECT PERMANANCE

understand abstracts ideas and hypothetical situations. capable of logical and deductive reasoning

Question 25

WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE B/W OBJECT PERMANENCE AND REPRESENTATIONAL THOUGHT?

Answer 25

A CHILD’S REALIZATION THAT AN OBJECT EXISTS EVEN WHEN THEY CANT SEE OR TOUCH

THE INTELLECTUAL ABILITY OF A CHILD TO PICTURE SOMETHING IN THEIR MIND

Question 26

GIVE 1 DETAILED EX OF ASSIMILATION

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FITTING A NEW OBJECT INTO THE SCHEMA NEW BLOCK (STACKING SCHEMA)

Question 27

GIVE ONE DETAILED EXAMPLE OF ACCOMMODATION

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CHANGE THE SCHEMA TO FIT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW OBJECT BOZ (TRIED TO FIT INTO STACKING SCHEMA, NOW THAT SCHEMA HAS TO BE ALTERED

Question 28

EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE B/W SEPARATION ANXIETY AND STRANGER ANXIETY

Answer 28

anxiety is displayed when coming into contact with a stranger
suddenly separated from mother

Question 29

WHAT DID PIAGET CONCLUDE ABOUT THE CONCRETE OPERATIONAL STAGE

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the child begins to understand the concept of conservation but still has trouble with abstract ideas. Classification abilities improve and soon masters the concept of conservation

Question 30

OBJECT PERMANENCE

Answer 30

forms operation stage(Piaget)

Question 31

ASSIMILATION

Answer 31

representational thought

Question 32

WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CONCRETE OPERATIONS

Answer 32

piaget

Question 33

HARLOW STATEMENT ABOUT LOVE AND FOOD

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people want to love more than food

Question 34

PIAGET EXPERIMENT

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PREOPERATIONAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMETN, STUDIED CHILDERN TO UNDERSTAND WAY OF THINKING OVER TIME

Question 35

WHAT DID PIAGET’S PREOPERATIONAL RESEARCH FIND

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BEHAVIOR OF SIMPLE MOTOR RESPONSES TO SENSORY STIMULI LACKS CONCEPT OBJ. PERMANENCE

Question 36

LORENZ EXPERIMENT

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STUDIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR TO DEMONASTRATE ASPECTS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR LIKE HOW AGRESSION WAS INHERITED

Question 37

LORENZ’S EXPERIMENT RESULTS

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IMPRINTING BETWEENG EESE AND DUCKS

Question 38

WHAT WAS HENERY HARLOW’S EXPERIMENT

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SURROGATE MOTHERS AND MATERNAL-SEPARATION. DEPENDENCY NEEDS, OCIAL ISOLATAION ON RHESUS MONKEYS

Question 39

RESULTS OF HARLOW

S EXPERIMENTS

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MOTHER WAS USED FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A ROBOT, MONKEY WENT TO ROBOT FOR PROTECTION AND REASSURANCE

Question 40

AINSWORTH EXPERIMENT

Answer 40

STRANGE SITUATION CLASSIFICATION

PLACES CHILD IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS TO TUDY REACTION

Question 41

WHAT DID AINSWORTH DISCOVER

Answer 41

SEPARATION ANXIETY
STRANGER ANXIETY
REUNION