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Unit 1 Exam Flashcards

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Central nervous system consists of

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Brain and spinal cord

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Peripheral nervous system consists of

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Somatic and autonomic

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Role of autonomic

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Sympathetic and parasympat hetic

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Somatic NS

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Carries sensory information received from sensory receptor cells to CNS via sensory neurons.
- Voluntary skeletal muscle movement

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Autonomic NS

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Carries messages from the brain to internal glans and organs via motor neurons.
- Involuntary skeletal muscle movement

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Sympathetic NS

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Controls fight or flight response

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Parasympathetic NS

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Controls rest and digest response

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Sympathetic NS body parts affected

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  • Pupils dilate
  • Saliva production inhibited
  • Heart rate increases
  • Digestion is inhibited
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Parasympathetic NS body parts affected

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  • Pupils constrict
  • Saliva production stimulated
  • Heart rate decreases
  • Digestion is stimulated
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Structure of neuron

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  1. Dendrites
  2. Soma/cell body
  3. Axon
  4. Axon terminals
  5. Myelin sheath
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Neuron

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Cells of the nervous system that communicate with each other

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Dendrites

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Extensions of the cell body that receive neurotransmitters from pre-synaptic neurons.

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Soma/cell body

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Contains a nucleus that controls the activities of the neuron

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Axon

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The long projection of a neuron that conducts electrical nerve impulses.

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Axon terminals

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The enlarged end points of axon branches that store neurotransmitters.

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Myelin sheath

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Fatty covering of the axon that acts as an insulator.

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Sensory neurons

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Process sensory information and carry messages to spinal cord and brain. (Afferent)

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Motor neurons

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Carry motor messages from the spinal cord and brain to muscles. (Efferent)

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Interneurons

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Act as the connection between sensory neurons and motor neurons.

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Neurotransmitters

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Molecules found within the nervous system that act as chemical messengers.

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Role of neurotransmitters

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Allow neurons to communicate by relaying information between them across the synapse.

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Role of the synapse

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Connect neurons and help transmit information from one neuron to the next

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Electro chemical signal

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Explained as an electrical nerve impulse (action potential) travels through the neuron and neurotransmitters.

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Direction of transmission

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Travels in one direction only from the dendrites to the cell body, then along the axon to the axon terminals.

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Hindbrain

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  • Coordinates sensory and motor messages
  • Medulla and Cerebellum
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Midbrain

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Receives sensory messages from all the senses except smell and sends information to the forebrain
- Reticular formation

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Forebrain

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Largest part of the brain that plays a key role in cognition, emotion, behaviour and processing sensory information
- Thalamus, Hypothalamus

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Medulla

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Lowest part of the brainstem that relays information between spinal cord and brain.
- Regulates the respiratory and cardiovascular system

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Cerebellum

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Convoluted structure at the back of the brain
- Involved in balance, judging distance, and coordination of motor movement

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Reticular formation

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Network of nuclei located within the length of the brainstem.
-Helps maintain wakefulness and alertness (sleep cycle)

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Thalamus

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Double-lobed structure located above brainstem, that receives sensory information except smell.

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Hypothalamus

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Structure that sits below thalamus and regulates sleep, eating, body temp and sexual drive.

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Cerebral cortex

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Outermost layer of the brain made up of nerve cell tissue.
- Responsible for higher order processes (memory, language reasoning etc)

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Left hemisphere

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  • Controls movement of the right side of the body
  • Language and logical reasoning
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Right hemisphere

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  • Controls movement of the left side of the body
  • Creativity and imagination
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Corpus callosum

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Thick band of nerve fibres (white matter) connecting both hemispheres of the brain.

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White matter

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Consists of myelinated axons.

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Grey matter

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Consists of unmyelinated axons

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Frontal lobe

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Responsible for complex thinking, movement, speaking, emotional control, and attention.

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Temporal lobe

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Responsible for understanding speech, auditory information.

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Occipital lobe

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Responsible for visual perception, processing.

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Parietal lobes

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Responsible for processing sensory information (pain), spatial awareness.

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Broca’s area

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Responsible for the production of articulate clear speech.

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Wernicke’s area

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Responsible for the understanding of language.

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Pre-frontal cortex

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Front layer of the frontal lobes.

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Cortexes of the brain

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Pre frontal, primary motor, primary sensory, primary auditory, primary visual

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Structure of spinal cord

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A long thin bundle of nerve fibres that extend from the base of the brain to the lower back.

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Parts of the brain

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  1. Hindbrain
  2. Forebrain
  3. Midbrain
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Lobes of the brain

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  1. Frontal
  2. Parietal
  3. Occipital
  4. Temporal
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Roger Sperry

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(1959-1968) Split brain experiment demonstrated that corpus callosum is required for full functioning of brain. And hemispheres of brain

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Walter Freeman

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(1936-1945) The lobotomy, during the mid-20th century. His work focused on the prefrontal cortex and its role in mental illness.

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EEG

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Electroencephalogram: Dynamic imaging

Electrodes placed on scalp and brain waves are detected in brain.

Help to diagnose epilepsy and other seizure disorders.

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CT scan

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Computed Tomography: Still imaging

Rotating x-ray beam moves around patient head while taking multiple x-ray images.

Fractures, tumours, aneurysms

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MRI

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Still imaging

Strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce pictures of the brain.

Diagnose brain tumours and aneurysms/strokes.

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FMRI

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging: Dynamic imaging

Strong magnetic waves to show where neurons are consuming oxygen.

Show the parts of the brain that are active when patient is performing a task.

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Brain plasticity

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The ability of neural connections to grow and reorganise.

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Developmental plasticity

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The ability of neural connections in the brain to reorganise in response to sensory input from the environment.

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Adaptive plasticity

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The ability of neural connections in the brain to reorganise in response to new information.

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Stages of plasticity

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  1. Proliferation
  2. Migration
  3. Circuit formation
  4. Synaptic pruning
  5. Myelination
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Cerebellum during Adolecsence

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Continues to grow in volume.

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Corpus callosum during adolescence

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Thickness increases.

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Amygdala during adolescence

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Grows in volume.

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Frontal lobes during adolescence

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Evaluate emotions and use rational thinking.

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Pre-frontal cortex during adolescence

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Undergoes myelination.

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Developmental stages across lifespan

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  1. Prenatal
  2. Infancy
  3. Childhood
  4. Adolescence
  5. Early adulthood
  6. Middle age
  7. Older age
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Prenatal

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(Conception to birth)

Curl toes, suck thumbs, listen to mothers in womb and research suggests foetus can sense emotions.

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Infancy

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(Birth to 1 year)

  • Rapid physical growth and development.
  • Sitting, crawling and walking
  • Formation of attachment bonds with caregivers
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Childhood

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(1-12 years)

Further development of cognitive abilties and social skills

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Adolescence

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(12-20 years)

Puberty and rapid physical changes.

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Early adulthood

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(20-40 years)

Physical peak and continued cognitive development

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Middle age

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(40-65 years)

Focus on career advancement. Declining muscle mass and menopause for women

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Older age

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(65+ years)

Decline in physical health and sensory abilities. Reflection on life.

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Piaget’s theory if cognitive development

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Children’s cognition differs to that of adults and that as children mature, their intellectual skills change.

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Schemata

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Experiences of the world organised as mental structures

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Assimilation

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Changing existing schemata to integrate new information, without schemata changing.

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Accommodation

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Changing existing schemata to integrate new information, or creation of a new schemata when integration is not possible.

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Equilibrium

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State experienced when existing schemata account for new information.

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Disequilibrium

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State experienced when existing schemata are unable to account new information.

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Piaget’s stages and developmental changes

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  1. Sensorimotor
  2. Pre-operational
  3. Concrete operational
  4. Formal operational
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Sensorimotor

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0-2 Object permanence (Invisible dispalcement)

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Pre operational

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2-7 Egocentrism, animism, symbolic thinking, centration, seriation (Three mountains)

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Concrete operational

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7-11 Conservation (conservation of mass with plasticine)

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Formal operational

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11+ Abstract thinking (pendulum problem)

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Attachment

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The strong emotional connection between an infant and their primary attachment figure

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Bowlby’s theory of attachment

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Suggests that children come into the world biologically pre programmed to form attachments with others because this will help them to survive.

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Monotropy

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Children form many attachments, but one of these is qualitatively different with the primary caregiver typically the mother.

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Critical period

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A time period for developing monotropy. If not during this time may not happen at all. (2 - 2.5 years)

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Sensitive period

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Up to 5 years for a child to develop monotropy. (Later proposed)

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Maternal deprivation

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Refers to the consequences a child may experience when separated from their mother.

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Internal working model

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A cognitive framework comprising mental representations for understanding the world, self and others, and is based on the relationship with a primary caregiver.

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Attachment types

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  1. Type A: Insecure avoidant attachment
  2. Type B: Secure attachment
  3. Type C: Insecure resistant attachment
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Type A: Insecure avoidant

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Negative internal working model

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Type B: Secure

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Positive internal working model

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Type C: Insecure resistant

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Negative internal working mode

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