Term 1, lectures 1-5

Question 1

Theory of attachment - (Jeffrey Arnett)

Answer 1

Feeling of in-between

Question 2

Attachment Theory (John Bowlby)

Answer 2

Early life experiences strongly influence later adult functioning and vulnerability to psychopathology

Question 3

Harry Harlow Experiment

Answer 3

Monkeys given faker mother, adverse effects seen

Question 4

The Stranger Situation (Ainsworth)

Answer 4

Mother, infant and stranger placed in different situations

Question 5

Sex

Answer 5

A person’s biological state

Question 6

Gender

Answer 6

Learned or cultural status

Question 7

Gender identity determination

Answer 7

Parental influence, social learning theory, cognitive developmental theory

Question 8

Cognition definition

Answer 8

Mental processes by which knowledge is acquired, elaborated, stored, retrieved and used to solve problems

Question 9

Piagets Stages:

Answer 9

Sensorimeter - Birth-2 yrs
Pre-operational - 2-7 yrs
Concrete operational - 7-11 yrs
Formal Operational - 11+ yrs

Question 10

Measurement of Intelligence

Answer 10

IQ

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Question 11

Centration

Answer 11

Thinking about one idea at a time to the exclusion of other

Question 12

Schemas

Answer 12

Theories about how physical and social world operate

Question 13

Assimilation

Answer 13

Understanding a new object

Question 14

Accommodation

Answer 14

Modifying a schema

Question 15

Operation

Answer 15

Mental consideration of information in a logical manner

Question 16

Conservation

Answer 16

Understanding that amount is unrelated to appearance

Question 17

Phonolgy

Answer 17

Sound system

Question 18

Semantics

Answer 18

Expressed meaning of words and sentences

Question 19

Syntax

Answer 19

Form or structure of language

Question 20

Pragmatics

Answer 20

Rules about language in social contexts

Question 21

Prelinguistic Period

Answer 21

0-12 months

Question 22

True symbolic representation

Answer 22

18+ months

Question 23

Telegraphic speech

Answer 23

18-24 months

Question 24

Adding complexity

Answer 24

2+ yrs

Question 25

Interest in rhymes and songs

Answer 25

3+ yrs

Question 26

Evidence language is biologically programmed

Answer 26

Various species communicate

Lexigrams in apes (Kanzi)

Question 27

Children’s Human Rights

Answer 27

Right to: 
Life 
Name and nationality
Education
Health and welfare

Question 28

Parental responsibilities

Answer 28

Provide home
Protect child
Discipline child
Provide education

Question 29

Styles of Parenting - Baumrind 1967

Answer 29

Authoritarian - strict ideas about discipline and behaviour, not open to discussion
Authoritative - ideas about discipline and behaviour that are explained and discussed
Permissive - relaxed ideas about discipline and behaviour

Question 30

Styles of Parenting - Maccoby and Martin 1983

Answer 30

Demanding/Responsive = Authoritative
Demanding/Unresponsive = Authoritarian
Undemanding/Responsive = Permissive
Undemanding/Unresponsive = Uninvolved