Exam 3 Flashcards
cognitive development
how a person perceives, thinks and gains understanding of their world through interaction of genetic and learned factors
piagets stages
sensorimotor
preoperational, toddler
concrete operational
formal operational
violation of expectation paradigm
technique for studying infant cognition, based on habituation and dishabituation procedures, in which increases in an infant’s looking time at an event or other stimulus are interpreted as evidence that the outcome he or she expected has not occurred
involved with object permanence
harlow’s study
revealed the importance of maternal contact
authoritative
democratic, reciprocal, clear standards, flexible
authoritarian
emotionally distant, power, clear rules, punishment, high expectations
uninvolved
absent, passive
permissive
lenient, avoid confrontation, few rules
emerging adulthood
a phase of the life span between the adolescence and also full-fledged adulthood which encompasses late adolescence and early adulthood
erikson’s theory
intimacy vs. isolation
form intimate relationships with others or become isloated
socioemotional selectivity theory
increased selectivity in social interaction and increased positive emotion
focus on meaningful experiences in the present
attitudes and longevity
adults with more positive self-perceptions of aging lived longer
sex
properties that deteermien classification as male or female
gender
social and psychological experience of being make or female
biological approaches
- biological factors primary contributor to gender development
- no postnatel experience, innnate difference
empathy
feeling of oneness with the emotional state of another person
- understand the inner life of another person
- female advantage
cognitive differences
females higher on verbal ability
males higher on spatial ability
agression
males more overt aggression and females mroe relational
overt aggression
physically or verbally harming something
relational aggression
harming social standing
speed dating study
males reported greater importance of physical attractiveness
females greater importance of earning potential
but no differences for those when considering real life partners found