Midterm 3

Question 1

Object permanence

Answer 1

Idea that even if something is out of sight it still exists

Question 2

Egocentrism

Answer 2

Pre operational child’s difficulty in taking the perspective of others

Question 3

Conservation

Answer 3

Idea that even if you change the appearance of something it is still equal in size, volume or number as long as nothing is added or removed

Question 4

Lack of conservation - piaget theory of cognitive development

Answer 4

Example the water in glass experiment kids can’t understand or have the ability to rewind the event of how water was the same amount before poured into a taller or thinner glass.
stage 2 preoperational stage 2-6 years old

Question 5

Pre operational stage

Answer 5

Book (piaget) says 2- 7
Class says 2-6yo

Question 6

Imaginary audience

Answer 6

During puberty teens think that everyone’s watching them

Question 7

Personal fable

Answer 7

You are the main character of your own story. no one can understand you.
everything is amplified when young.
the illusion of invulnerability. nothing can happen to me.
plot armor.

Question 8

Persistent vegetative state

Answer 8

Decreased activity in cerebral cortex but still activity. sometimes people recover from this state. Could be from head injury or stroke. patient appears to be awake but no awareness

Question 9

Brain Death

Answer 9

No activity especially in the brain stem which controls heartbeat, breathing, talks to the spine. neurons no blood flow, cell death, no coming back, no cognition. this is the legal definition or the universal definition of