Final Flashcards
Ethology
biological basis of behavior
1. Survival value
2. Evolutionary history
Complete description or catalogue of an
organism’s behavior in it’s natural habitat
- Empirical – What is happening?
- Functional – Why is it happening
(interpretive)?
Social policy
- Applying theories & findings to help
social problems:
(teenage pregnancy, child abuse) - Social policy = actions to solve social
problem or fulfill a social goal, by:
- individuals
- small groups
- Fed. Gov’t. or state / city gov’t.
- International, National, Local Meetings
Behavioral genetics
Coming together of psychology and genetics
(B.G.)
Developmental Behavior Genetics-
genetically influenced behavioral changes
during development.
Normative approach to behavior
what is typical is children at a given age, it is helpful for pediatricians for their height, not talking fast enough for their age, could be an average between them
human development
- Prenatal→conception→birth
- Perinatal-at birth
Infancy→birth – 2 years
Early Childhood→2 – 5 or 6 years
Middle Childhood→6-11 years
Adolescence→11-18 years
Adulthood→18-65 years
Elderly→65+ years
Developmental psychology
branch of psychology concerned with development
WISC-IV
fourth edition of a widely used test for 6 through 16 year olds
WAIS-IV
Wechsler Adult intelligence
- in cognitive assessment and claims to measure intellectual performance
mean
the average of a data set, found by adding all numbers together and then dividing the sum of the numbers by the number of numbers.
standard deviation
a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance
deviation IQ score
a standard score on an IQ test that has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation specific to that of the test administered, usually 15 or 16 for intelligence tests.
Kinesthetic ability
the capacity to manipulate objects and use a variety of physical skills
intelligence also involves a sense of timing and the perfection of skills through mind–body union
Athletes, dancers, surgeons, and crafts people exhibit well-developed bodily kinesthetic intelligence.
babbling
appears in which infant repeat consonant-vowel combinations often in long strings such as
bababba and nananana
wernicka’s area
located in left temporal lobe, plays a role in comprehending word meaning
brocas ares
located in the left frontal lobe, supports grammatical processing and language production
semantics
second component, involves vocal- the ay underlying concepts are expressed in words ad word combinations
phonology
refers to the rules governing the structure and sequence of speech sounds
simplex
When 2 tests are given close in time, the correlation is higher than when they are given farther in time
over extension (language)
- 1-2 1/2 years
- applying a word to a wider collection of objects and events that is appropriate
- toddler might use the word “car” for busses, trains, trucks
under extension (language)
applying words too narrowly-an error
- @ 16 months children might call a teddy bear “bear”
structure of temperament (3 types of children)
- easy child : 40 % of sample, quickly establishes regular routines in infancy is generally cheerful and adapts easily to new experiences
- difficult child : 10% of the sample, has irregular daily routines, is slow to accept new experiences and tends to rect negativity and intensely
- slow to warm up child: 15% in inactivity, shows mild, Lowkey reactions to environmental stimuli, is negative in mood and adjusts slowly to new experiences
temperament
early appearing, stable individual difference in reactivity and self regulation
- reactivity refers to quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention and motor action
- self regulation refers to strategies that modify that reactivity