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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2009

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Mary Ainsworth
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Called her study the strange situation study.  Or unfamiliar study
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Piaget
Definition
Studied his own kids. Came up with Sensorimotor,  preoperational, concrete operations and normal operation theories
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Erikson
Definition
Psychosocial model.  Your perosnality aand how to deal with other people
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Marcia
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Development of identity
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Kohlberg
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Moral development, prenatal development, germinal,embryonic & fetal stages
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Germinal
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(0-2) weeks.  Begins when female egg is fertilized, characterized by rapid cell division, called zygote
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Embryonic
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2-8 weeks The most valubale stage.  Development of vital body, organs and systems
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Fetal stage
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8 weeks-birth.  Fetus, chafaterized by organs finishing development, developmet of bones and muscles
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Secure
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Does not take long to explore, upset when caretaker leaves, doesnt take long to go back to playing with toys
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Anxious-ambivalent
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Same as secure, but when caretaker leaves and comes back very clingy, can go back to toys but checks for caretaker often
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Avoident
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Always go play with toys, very little checking behavior, not distressed when caretaker leaves, ignore caretaker when they come back
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Sensorimotor period
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0-2 yrs.  Brain develops motor skills. Ankle squeezing.  Sometime during this stage they develop object permanance
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Object permanence
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When you hide something behind your back they will not experience out of sight out of mind thinking
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Preoperational period
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2-7 yrs.  Can now work with symbols.  Can start to learn to read, do math and write
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Irreversabilty
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Doing math on their hands.  Must think about whats 8-5 then think what 3+5 is
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Decentration
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Means they can only think about one thing at a time.  Can easily confuse a child by saying are there more kids or are there more boys in your class?
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Egocentrism
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Can only see from one point of view, which is there own
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Concrete operations period
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7-11 yrs.  Can now work with concrete ideas.
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Conservation
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Recognizing something doesnt change just because the shape changes.  Like changing water into different shaped glasses
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Heirarchical classification
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Can now understand hierarchy, such as class has both boys and girls
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Formal operations period
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(11-adolescence)  Kids can now think abstract thoughts, such as love, justice, or free will or who am i.  Can do logical thinking such as if then problems
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Trust vs. Mistrust
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( FIrst year of life: are needs being met?) If yes: Trust (default) if not No: Mistrust (no reason)
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Autunomy vs Shame/doubt
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(Second and third yr)  Can i learn to do things myslef?  Letting kids tie their own shoes.  If yes:autunomy if no" Shame/doubt (have to rely on other people)
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Initiative vs guilt
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(fourth-sixth yrs)  Am i good or bad?  Learn from parents.  If good:  Strength to take initiative.  If bad:  feel too much guilt to do that
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Indsutry vs.  Inferiority
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(Six-puberty)  Am i competent or am i worthless?  Learn this from peers and school.  If they feel they are measuring up to peers sense of industry, being able to get things done.
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Industry vs.  Confusion
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(Adolescence) Who am i?  Where am i going in life?  If they are able to develop solid sense of identity then they will carry it through adulthood
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Intimacy vs. Isoloation
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(Ealry adulthood)  Quality of relationships with others
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Generativity vs.  Self absorption
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(Middle adulthood)  Focus turns from self to outward.
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Integrity  vs despair
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(Late adult hood)  Face death with either integrity or despaiu
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Crisis
Definition
Starting to question who you really are
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Commitment
Definition
Committing to the way you were brought up
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Identity diffusion
Definition
When they have not had a crisis and have no committed
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Identity Moratorium
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Have had a crisis but no commitment
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Identity forclosure
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Have had no crisis but are committed.  Unquestioning adoption of values that have been put on them by parents
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Identity achievment
Definition
When they have had a crisis but are committed
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Member development
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-Preconventional Level

                        -Punishment Orientation- anything they get punished for is wrong.

                        -Naïve reward orientation- Will define what’s right on whether they get rewarded or not.

            -Conventional Level

                        -Good boy/girl orientation – Approval from people that they care about.

                        -Authority orientation-

            -Postconventional Level

                        -Social Contract orientation

                        -Individual principles and conscience orientation

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Highlights of adolescence
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Identity crisis, stress, suicide attempt
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Highlights of early adulthood
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New trend of later marriage, increases in alternative lifestyle
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Highlights of middle adulthood
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Marital happiness, midlife crisis, empty nest adjustment
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Highlights of later adulthood
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Gradual decline of active neurons- minor effect, gradual decline in sensory sensitivity- easily corrected, fluid intelligence decreases; crystallized/identites associated with life satisfaction
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5 stages of grieving
Definition

Denial

Anger

Barganining

Depression

Acceptance

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Freud
Definition
psychoanalytic theory
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Jung
Definition
Analytic psychology.  One of the firts people to develop the collective unconscious
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Adler
Definition
Individual psychology.  Felt that there is an unconscious that is in need for a feel of superiorty
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MMPI (Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory)
Definition

Used to find disorders

 

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16 pf questionnaire
Definition
Used mostly in the business world
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Neo personality inventory
Definition

Rorschach test

TAT (thematic apperception test)

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Psychodyanmic perspectives
Definition

Psychoanalytic Theory

            -Analytic Psychology

            -Individual Psychology

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Big 5
Definition

1.Agreeableness-How warm and cooperative you are with other people.

2.Openness-Open to other ideas and things.

3.  Conscientiousness-Hoe careful your or how reliable.

4.Neuroticism-Anxious, worried, feel guilt.

5.Extraversion-

Spells ocean 

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Psychosexual stages
Definition

Oral stage- (0-1) Focus on mouth weaning from the breats

Anal stage- Focus on anus.  Task is potty training

Phallic stage- Oedipus and elctra complex.  Focus on genitals

Latency stage (6-12 years) Sexually repressed stage, sexual development is done

Genital stage- Puberty on

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Dream symbolism
Definition
Wish fullfillment, anything cylindrical was a penis  opening was a vagina
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