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PSYC100 Exam 2 Ch10
chapter 10 exam study cards
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/06/2010

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environmentalism
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20 century - watson created - insists that behavior is learned and the environment largely has a part in this
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instinct theory
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william mcdougall - hereditary is the main source of a personality
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ethologists
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primary thought of today. Both environment and genes make youwho you are.
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Genes
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segments of dna that consits of the basic units of genetic transmission
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genotype
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is your basic genetic makeup
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phenotype
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consists of your actual manafested chareceristics.
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polygenic transmission
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a number of gene pairs act together to create a single charecteristic
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ontogeny
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lifelong growth and development of one person
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phylogeny
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the evolutionary history of the species
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baby cycle and names
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zygote - one cell
embrio - after about 10 days
fetus - after a few weeks
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Attachment
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lifelong bonds between infant and mother
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Assimilation
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taking an aspect of the environment and make it fit in a current schemsa
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Accomadation
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modify existing schemas b/c of new info from environment
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freud's psychosexual developement
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Oral - birth - 1
anal - 1-3
Phallic - 3-5,6
Latency - 5,6 - puberty
Genital - Puberty - adulthood
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