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who classified aged 18-25 as an emerging adult
jeffrey arnett
what occurs during ages 18-25 as an emerging adult
the parent child relationship is re-evaluated
who came up with the theory of attachment
John bowlby
What is the theory of attachment
how early experiences in our life influence later adult functioning
what are the types of attachment
secure
insecure:
resistant avoidant
define secure attachment
having positive internal models to allow emotional regulation ability
what are the stages of attachment
0-2 months = pre attachment
2-7 months attachment in the making
7-24 months clear cut attachment
24+ goal orientated attachment
who came up with the sarges of attachment
john bowlby
when does stranger anxiety develop
10 months
when does separation distress occur
12 months
what are the functions of attachment
exploration
autonomy
identity
who studies monkeys to see what a child would want
harlow and harlow
what did the monkeys in harlow and harlow mostly want
comfort
warmth
what are the characteristics of attachment in young children
selective
physical proximity seeking
comfort and security
separation distress
who studies different situations in attachment
ainsworth
what is insecure avoidant attachment
infant avoids connections with caregiver
what is insecure resistant attachment
child is upset by mother leaving
who developed the internal working model
john bowlby
what is the internal working model
relationship with primary care giver becomes a template for your future relationships and how you process the external world
what is DSD
Disorder of sexual dysfunction - when the baby’s sex is ambiguous
what are the parental influences on gender identity
role models
child parent interactions
gender appropriate toys
when does a child acquire the concept of gender
around 2- 3 years
when does a child develop a gender constancy
4-5 years
are the differences in cognitive abilities between boys and girls
no - similar intelligence and cognitive abilities
what is the gender similarities hypothesis
we are more similar that thought but we are given stereotypes
what determines gender
parental hormones
development of genitalia
parents assign as female / male
what is cognition
mental process by which knowledge is acquired, elaborated, stored, retrieved and used
who came up with the framework of cognitive development
paiget
what are the 4 stages of cognitive development
sensorimotor
pre-operational (2-7 years)
concrete operational - logical manner
formal operational - basis of adult thinking
when do you develop conservation of mass / volume
2-7 the pre=operational stage
what is centration
focusing attention on one characters to the exclusion of all others
what is a schema
a concept or framework that organises and interprets information
what is assimilation
how we use existing schemas to process and interpret new information
what is accommodation
when new information or experiences cause you to modify your existing schemas
what is IQ
intelligence quotient
mental age/chronological age x 100
how is IQ measured
WAIS Wechsler adult intelligent scale
verbal and perfomance IQ
what are the new approaches to IQ
using emotional intelligence as well or instead
what is comissurotomy
split brain operation, often used for epilepsy treatment
What is cerebral lateralisation
different sides of the brain are used for different things
what does a proficient user of language have
syntax
semantics
phonology
pragmatics
what is phonology
the study of the sound system of language
what is semantics
meaning of words
what is syntax
the logical order of words to make sentences
what is pragmatics
the social use of language and its context
when are you pre-linguistic
0-12 months
when do babies cry
3 - 4 weeks
when do babies coo
3-5 weeks
when do babies start babbling
3-4 months
what is echolalia
repetition of words
when does a child learn the appreciation of meaning of a word
8-12 months
when does a child use telegraphic speech and what is it
8-24 months
2 word utterances
what are the theories of language acquisition
skinner vs chomsky
what does skinner propose for language acquisition
language is learnt through progressive reinforcement
what does chomsky assert about language acquisition
universal grammar theory
all language is innate and that we have a language acquisition device
what did lenneberg 1976 mean by the innateness hypothesis
there is a critical periods where you can learn language and it cannot be learned outside of this period
what is aphasia
loss of ability to understand or express speech caused by brain damage
what are the types of aphasia
BEA - broca’s expressive aphasia
WRA - wernickes receptive aphasia
what is perception
the process of organising and interpreting sensory information
what is adaption effect in perception
fading and presence of negative after images as you adapt to a new stimulus
what is the drive from bottom up perception
sensory
what us the drive from top down perception
driven by knowledge and experience
what is depth perception
using binocular perception and monocular cues reflect learning
what is Gesalt or whole perception
when an object is viewed individually of its features rather than as a whole being/ mechanism
what is the door perception by Huxley
we filter things out to not overwhelm the brain - sensory limitations
what did rosenhan study do
being sane in insane places
how do we know where are altered states of consciousness
reports of subjective experiences - mind body dualism
subjective vs objective
what is the hard problem of consciousness by chalmers
how do we get a objective experience from the brain
what do psychoactive drugs do
alter thinking perception and memory
what are the two forms of mediation
concentrative
on point
what is hypnosis
an altered state of consciousness
what is monitoring in consciousness
you have intentional blinds - you only experience what you want to experience
what is the stroop effect
reading the words instead of saying the colour - thought suppression
how many people belie that hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness
40% of people
what is core sleep
first 5 hours of sleep
what is additional sleep
any time past the first core 5 hours
what is circadian rhythm
the biological clock
regular biological rhythms that occur over a 24 hour period
what is ultradian rhythm
biological rhythem less than 24 hours
what was the bunker study
we had a circadian rhythm of 25 hours
what happens if you don’t get enough sleep
2% loss of productivity chronic and immediate health problems
who designed a sleep report
mckinsey
do we have a reduction in sleep
yes
as well get old we lose more of REM
later in life we lose 3 and 4 stages
what is the mean duration of sleep
7.75 hours
which stage of sleep do owe dream and which is more potent
we can dream in any stage
2 x more likely to dream in REM
6x longer and more vivid
how many people are affected by insomnia
1/3 of total population
what are the three stages of memory
encoding
storage
retrieval
who came up with the multi storey memory model
baddeleys
what is the multi store model of memory
1 sensory store
2 short term
3 long term which has three departments
what is the serial position curve
given a list of words where you exhibit the primary and recency effect
what is echoic memory
auditory sensory memory
what is iconic memory
visual sensory memory
what are the types of long term memory
episodic
procedural
semantic
what is episodic memory
personal events - autobiographical
what is somatic memory
facts and general knowledge
what is procedural memory
unconsioucess recall - learned skills etc
what is eidetic memory
photographic memory
what is synaethesia
sensation from one sense which is perceived by another
using two senses for the same thing
what is hyperthmesia
where you can remember everything
what are the types of associative learning
classical / operational conditioning