Vocab 15-end Flashcards
Internalized racism
Occurs when minorities feel as though they are inferior.
Corpus Callosum
Bundle of neuronal connections (axons) located in the center of the brain that also matures through adolescence, allowing us to process information more efficiently
Amygdala
Located in the temporal lobe and helps coordinate our emotional responses
Cerebellum
Works to coordinate motor behavior
Affective Response
An involuntary, automatic, and natural reaction to another person’s emotional state
Cognitive Processing
Voluntary response to another’s emotional state of putting ourselves in their shoes to experience what they are feeling
Conscious decision making
Taking empathetic action by actively helping and advocating for the client.
Acquisitive self-monitoring
The wish to gain the approval of others
Does gray or white matter decrease with age?
Gray
Estimated percentage of victims of child abuse growing up to abuse their own children
30-40%
Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS)
Measuring how somebody responds to social scenarios
Likert Scale
a rating scale used to measure opinions, attitudes, or behaviors
Pre-conventional Morality
Stage 1: Learns obedience and punishment
Stage 2: Individual Interest
Conventional Morality
Stage 3: Driven by social approval
Stage 4: Learns to obey authority
Post-conventional Morality
Stage 5: Balance of social rights and personal values
Stage 6: Behavior Driven by moral principals
Erick Erickson’s Psychosocial Stages
Trust vs Mistrust
Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
Initiative vs Guilt
Industry vs Inferiority
Identity vs Confusion
Intimacy vs Isolation
Generativity vs Stagnation
Integrity vs Despair
Sensorimotor
Understand world through senses and actions (Birth - 2 years)
Preoperational
Understands world through language and mental images (2-7 years)
Concrete operational
Understands world through logical thinking and categories (7-12 years)
Formal Operational
Understand world through hypothetical thinking and scientific thinking
Pre-attachment stage
Baby forms bonds with anyone and has no preference (birth - 3 months)
Indiscriminate Attachment
Baby starts to prefer specific people and is more sociable (6 weeks - 7 months)
Discriminate Attachment
Babies can develop separation anxiety from one particular adult (7 months - 11 months)
Multiple Attachments
Babies start to form attachment to multiple familiar adults (24 months and beyond)