Term 1, lectures 1-5 Flashcards
Theory of attachment - (Jeffrey Arnett)
Feeling of in-between
Attachment Theory (John Bowlby)
Early life experiences strongly influence later adult functioning and vulnerability to psychopathology
Harry Harlow Experiment
Monkeys given faker mother, adverse effects seen
The Stranger Situation (Ainsworth)
Mother, infant and stranger placed in different situations
Sex
A person’s biological state
Gender
Learned or cultural status
Gender identity determination
Parental influence, social learning theory, cognitive developmental theory
Cognition definition
Mental processes by which knowledge is acquired, elaborated, stored, retrieved and used to solve problems
Piagets Stages:
Sensorimeter - Birth-2 yrs
Pre-operational - 2-7 yrs
Concrete operational - 7-11 yrs
Formal Operational - 11+ yrs
Measurement of Intelligence
IQ
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
Centration
Thinking about one idea at a time to the exclusion of other
Schemas
Theories about how physical and social world operate
Assimilation
Understanding a new object
Accommodation
Modifying a schema
Operation
Mental consideration of information in a logical manner