Psychology/Sociology Chapter 5: Cognition and Language Flashcards
Parallel Play
in which they will play by themselves but observe another child playing and adjust their behavior in response.
normal for preschool children
as children age, they are more likely to engage in forms of play togethr
Symbolic Play is part of which stage form Piaget’s Stages of Development?
children from ages 2 to 7 are in the preoperational stage of development. At that level, children learn to operate symbolically and engage in a lot of symbolic play (e.g., a stick is a sword, a plastic toy is a cake, a doll is a person).
Also participate in parallel play in the stage
Availability heuristic
people make judgments by over-relying on information that is immediately available to them.
Social desirability bias
response bias characterized by answering survey questions in a way that one believes will be viewed favorably by others.
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Self-serving bias
in which a person interprets events in a way to bolster self-esteem.
Gambler’s Fallacy
the mistaken belief that, if something happens more frequently than normal during some period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.
Ages and names of Piaget’s stages of development
Concept of conservation Piaget
the idea that certain properties of an object (like volume, mass, or number) remain the same even if its appearance changes.
2-7 (preconcrete operational) - struggle with this
7-12 (concrete operational) - totally fine
8 types of intelligence
logical, linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligence.
Intelligences most valued by Western culture
Logical and linguistic
linguistic relativity hypothesis
that language shapes thought, such that speakers of different languages perceive the world differently
IQ score ranges
85 - 115
the process of making a judgment based on emotions that are evoked
affect heuristic
Wernicke’s Area is in the ________ lobe, Broca’s Area in the ________ lobe
Werknike’s = temporal
Broca’s = frontal
