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Define Nature ( In the context of nature vs nurture )

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Nature refers to the influence of biology on our psychological development

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Define Nurture ( In the context of Nature vs Nurture )

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Nurture refers to the influence of the environment

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What are sensitive periods?

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Periods of time in which an individual is more responsive to a particular environmental experience or stimulus

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What is easier when in the sensitive period

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Easier to learn certain things during this time

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When do sensitive periods occur?

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Before the age of seven

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Can you learn a new language outside of a sensitive period?

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Yes, but it is harder than when in the sensitive period

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What are critical periods?

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Short periods of time in which an individual is sensitive to environmental stimuli that are compulsory for a specific skill

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What are the three attachment styles?

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Secure attachment, Insecure avoidant attachment and Insecure resistant attachment

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What actions from caregivers develop into an infant having secure attachment?

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It is seen in infants who feel loved, confident and safe.

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What happens when an infant has a secure attachment style?

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They tend to show only moderate distress when separated from their caregiver, and they are enthusiastic when reunited. Most infants are securely attached.

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How can you spot insecure avoidant attachment?

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Infants who treat their parents as stranger; they do not cry when they leave the room and ignore them when they return

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How does insecure avoidant attachment come to be?

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This attachment type is hypothesised to be a result of neglectful parents.

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How can you spot Insecure resistant attachment in infants?

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Seen in infants who are upset when separated from their parent but also anxious when they return, often squirming away from them.

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How does insecure resistant attachment come to be?

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It is thought that this type of attachment results from parents who are not responsive to the needs of their child.

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What are three influencing factors to attachment styles?

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Genetics, Temperament, and/or Early life experiences

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What was the strange situation experiment?

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It was a standardized procedure devised in the 1970s to observe attachment security in children within the context of caregiver relationships

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Who was the psychologist behind the strange situation experiment?

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Mary ainsworth

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What is Assimilation

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It is the process of taking in new information and fitting it into and making it part of an existing mental idea about objects or the world
aka. incorporating new info into existing schemas

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What is Accommodation?

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It refers to changing an existing mental idea in order to fit new information

aka. changing the existing schemas to include new info about environment.

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What is stage 1 in Piaget’s theory?

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Sensorimotor period

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What is stage 2 in Piaget’s theory?

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Preoperational period

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What is stage 3 in Piaget’s theory?

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Concrete operational period

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What is stage 4 in Piaget’s theory?

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Formal operational period

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When does the sensorimotor period range from?

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Birth - 2 years

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When does the concrete operational period range from?

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7 - 11 years

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When does Formal operational period range from?

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11 - through adulthood

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When does preoperational period range from?

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2 - 7 years

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What is gained in the Sensorimotor period?

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Coordination of sensory input and motor responses

Development of object permanence

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What is gained in the Preoperational period?

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Development of symbolic thought marked by irreversibility
Centration
Egocentrism

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What is gained in the Concrete operational period?

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Mental operations applied to concrete events
Mastery of conservation
Hierarchial classification

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What is gained in the Formal operational period?

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Mental operations applied to abstract ideas

Logical, systematic thinking

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What is the frontal lobe?

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It is the largest lobe of the cerebral cortex.

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Where is the frontal lobe?

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In the front

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Where is the parietal lobe?

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Up on the top

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What is gained from the parietal lobe?

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Receiving and processing sensory stimuli

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Where is the occipital lobe?

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Down at the back

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What is gained from the occipital lobe?

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A key function in processing visual stimuli

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Where is the temporal lobe?

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The sides

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What is gained from the temporal lobe?

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responsible for

  • auditory perception
  • involved in memory
  • visual perception
  • emotional responses