Sociology Chapter 3 Flashcards
The biological approach: Focus on genetic, hormonal, and neurochemical explanations of behavior.
Nature
Behaviorism: All behaviorism learned from the environment through conditioning.
Nurture
What was the conclusion of Harlow Monkey’s?
Normal Emotional development requires nurturing.
What is found at birth, biological drives and needs. “I want this and I want it now” The unconscious thinking.
ID
What is the conscious effort to balance ID and SuperEgo?
Ego
What is the presence of culture & rules within the individual? The rational thinking
Superego
What did Jean Piaget believe in?
Cognitive development: how people think and understand.
What is Jean Piaget’s first stage of his 4 stages of Cognitive Development & What ages is it for?
Sensorimotor Stage (Birth -2)
What is Jean Piaget’s Sensorimotor Stage?
A stage of human cognitive development in which child’s awareness of its environment is dominated by perception and touch. Experience the world through senses. Peekaboo/object permeance.
What is Jean Piaget’s second stage of his 4 stages of Cognitive Development & what ages is it for?
Preoperational stage: (Ages 2-7)
What is Jean Piaget’s Preoperational Stage?
A stage of human cognitive development in which the child has advanced sufficiently to master basic modes of logical thought. 1st use of language, mental images & other symbols. Attach meaning to specific experiences. Not able to judge weight, volume/size
What Is Jean Piaget’s third stage in his 4 stages of Cognitive Development and what ages is it for?
Concrete Operational Stage (Ages 7-11)
What is Jean Piaget’s Concrete Operational Stage?
A stage of human cognitive development in which the child’s thinking is based primarily on physical perception of the world. In this phase, the child is not yet capable of dealing with abstract concepts or hypothetical situations. Casual connections with surroundings. Why/How things happen. Attach more than 1 symbol to a particular object or event.
What is Jean Piaget’s 4th stage in his stages of Cognitive Development and what ages is it for?
Formal Operational Stage (ages 12+)
What is Jean Piaget’s Formal Operational Stage?
A stage of human Cognitive development at which the growing child becomes capable of handling abstract concepts and hypothetical situations. Use highly abstract thought to imagine alternative outcomes to situations –> need education to get here too.