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exam 2 Flashcards

1
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what is the difference between rods and cones?

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cones detect color and distinct details. rods detect black, white, grey, peripheral, and twilight.

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2
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what kinds of sounds can humans hear best?

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human voices

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what are the four basic and distinct skin senses?

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pressure
warm
cold
pain

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4
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what is pain for?

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tells us when something is wrong

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5
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what are the five taste sensations?

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sweet
sour
salty
bitter
unami

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how does motor development differ from skill development in infancy and childhood?

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everyone develops motor skills around the same time but skill development is dependent to your environment and varies for each person

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what influences the social development and attachment styles in infancy and childhood?

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body contact, familiarity, and strange situation

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perceptual adaptation

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our perception can be adjusted even when our vision changes

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audition

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hearing. sound waves physically move your eardrum.

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10
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cochlea

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inner ear cavity. filled with fluid. important for hearing and important for vestibular sense (balance)

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auditory nerve

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nerve that transports hearing to your inner brain

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12
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endorphins

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natural pain killers

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13
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gustation

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taste, chemical sense

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olfaction

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smell, chemical sense

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15
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kinesthesia

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awareness of your body position and movement. tap fingers together without looking at them.

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16
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vestibular sense

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monitors your head’s position and movement. balance.

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17
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sensorimotor

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if they can see and touch it it’s real but if it disappears it isn’t real

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18
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preoperational

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understands that things can be changed but is still based on what they can see (moving water from one cup to a smaller looking cup)

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19
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conservation

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understanding that something will stay the same despite change in container, shape, or apparent size

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20
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concrete operational

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dont need to see something to reason through it (move water from one cup to another smaller looking cup)

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formal operational

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abstract reasoning and mature moral reasoning. is able to view things from others perspectives.

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22
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zone of proximal development

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specific zone where people learn the most. people can do something with help

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23
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classical conditioning

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pavlov’s original experiment with the dog

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24
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what is the fundamental conflict of adolescence?

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identity

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25
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neutral stimulus

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a stimulus that doesn’t create any automatic response. the bell, in the beginning, means nothing.

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unconditional stimulus

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creates an unconditioned response. the food makes the dog salivate.

27
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unconditioned response

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a response to a stimulus you automatically do without thinking. salivate when seeing the food before the association or the food+bell also.

28
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conditioned stimulus

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eventually triggers a conditioned response.
the bell after the dog learned it means food.

29
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conditioned response

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a response you have learned through association. just bell= salivation

30
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acquisition

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the initial stage of classical conditioning. when you start acquiring the learned associations.

31
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extinction

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when the association goes away

32
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generalization

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applying the association to more than just the conditioned stimulus. if the dog started salivating to a similar noise.

33
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discrimination

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recognizing differences in similar stimulus. opposite of generalization.

34
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operant conditioning

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rewards and punishment

35
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shaping

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gradually rewarding behaviors until the desired behavior is achieved. successive operations.

36
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reinforcement

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something you do to encourage the behavior

37
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punishment

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something you do to discourage the behavior

38
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positive reinforcement

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add something to increase desired behavior

39
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positive punishment

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add something to decrease undesired behavior

40
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negative reinforcement

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removing something to increase desired behavior

41
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negative punishment

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remove something to decrease undesired behavior

42
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continuous reinforcement

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get a gold star every time you read a book. good for teaching a new behavior.

43
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partial reinforcement

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when someone already knows something is good behavior so you don’t want them to expect treats every time. good for keeping good behavior around.

44
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gender expression

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how you demonstrate your gender to others

45
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gender identity

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gender that you feel matches who you are

46
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sex assigned at birth

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physical genetic code. XX=female, XY=male

47
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intersex

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some aspect of reproductive anatomy doesn’t match exclusively female or exclusively male

48
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cisgender

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sex matches gender identity

49
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transgender

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sex does not match gender identity

50
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agender

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does not identify gender

51
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what impacts well-being in middle and late adulthood

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cultural expectations

52
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what are some applications of classical conditioning in the real world?

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the video of the guy shooting his roommate with the airsoft gun

53
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describe skinner’s operant chamber

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allows researchers to study animal behavior and response to conditioning. If a bird pushes a button they get a treat.

54
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is reinforcement or punishment better when parenting? why?

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people respond better to reinforcement. punishment is teaching someone to just not get caught.

55
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what is the difference between sex and gender?

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gender is man and woman, sex is male and female

56
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how do we learn the way we are “supposed” to express gender?

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by observing and imitating others

57
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what do nonbinary cultural examples teach us?

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gender is a cultural construct

58
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what is one thing we cannot sense

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wetness

59
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when does adolescence start?

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puberty

60
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what are the different parenting styles?

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authoritative-best kind of parent
authoritarian-helicopter parent
negligent-no nurturing or attention
permissive-doesn’t enforce rules

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