Lifespan 10

Question 1

Define declarative knowledge

Answer 1

Understanding facts and information about the world

Question 2

Define dualism

Answer 2

-mind is separate to body
-mental and physical phenomena are not the same

Question 3

Define empiricism

Answer 3

Knowledge is based on experiences derived from the senses

Question 4

What does the endowment effect describe?

Answer 4

Describes how people tend to value items they own more than if they didn’t own them

Question 5

What is essentialism?

Answer 5

-categories maintained
-things have a set amount of characteristics

Question 6

What is ‘extended self’?

Answer 6

-a concept that describe how a person’s identity can extend beyond their body and mind to include people and possessions
-people can consider these things to be part of themselves and their identity

Question 7

What is ‘identity’?

Answer 7

-personalities and other markers of unique identity are innate
-a combination of characteristics that make a person individual and unique

Question 8

What is ‘interactionist theory’?

Answer 8

-focuses on how peoples’ interactions with others shapes their relationship with society
-this can include language acquisition, social context, micro interactions, interpretations of behaviour
-this was first suggested by Jerome Bruner and is based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory

Question 9

What is ‘rationalism’?

Answer 9

The idea that reason is the primary source of knowledge rather than sensory experience