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| forget what happened before you were 6..switch to adult memory |
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| overly optimistic/pessimistic...schizo |
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| scientific study of behaviors and mental processes |
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variable a causes variable b
variable b causes variable a
variable c causes a and b |
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| longterm study of people, rats, schools etc |
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| you get a ten year old and u get an 80 year old and u study the differences |
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| jane goodall....just watching |
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| developmental psych studies... |
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right hemisphere brain recognizes
left hemisphere brain |
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faces
explains/knows reasons and logic |
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nervous system
1. what is it
2. what 3 things does it do? |
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complicated network of pathways that allows us to
-receive info from outside world
-process info
-send instructions to our muscles |
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| 3 types of neurons and their locations |
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sensory peripheral nervous system(PNS)
interneurons Central nervous Sys(CNS)
motor peripheral nervous system (PNS) |
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| 3 parts of a typical neuron |
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-cell body (nucleus)
-dendrites (receptors)
-axon |
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| one individual nerve cell |
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| if info reaches a certain threshold it fires if it doesnt reach it, it doesnt fire |
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when info goes from neuron to neuron it is electrical, called a synapse
junction between axon tip of the sending neuron and dendrite or cell body of receiving neuron |
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| when info goes through one single neuron (chemical) |
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the brain
weight
consistency
color
# of neurons |
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3 lbs
not yet done jello
grey
about 1 billion neurons |
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autopsy
electrical stimulation
brain damage
brainwaves (EEG) |
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neuroimaging
(ways to see brain electronically) |
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CT (X RAy)
PET (
MRI
fMRI (tracks blood flow in brain) fast crisp picture |
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| oldest part-central core of brain-beginning where spinal cord enters skull-responsible for automatic survival functions |
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| nerve networking brainstem controlling arousal |
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sensory switchboard
directs messages to sensory receiving areas in teh cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla |
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attached to rear of brainstem
helps coordinate voluntary movement and balance |
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donut shaped at border of brainstem and cerebral hemispheres
emotions such as fear and aggression and drives such as food and sex
includes hippocampus |
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intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres
bodys ultimate control and info processing center |
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| cells in nervous system that support nourish and protect neurons |
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| front speaking, muscle movements, and in making plans and judgement |
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| includes sensory cortex...writing |
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| includes visual areas which receive visual info from the opposite visual field |
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large band of neural fibers
connects the two brain hemispheres
carries messages between the hemispheres |
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left brain controls
right brain controls |
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right side of body
left side of body
except vision (left and right eye go to both hemispheres) |
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monozygotic twins
dyzygotic twins |
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identical twins
fraternal twins (woman has ovulaated two eggs) |
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what make up
nature vs nurture? |
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nature: genes, bio, inborn
nurture: learned, societal cultural |
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| threadlike structures of DNA |
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| identical twins in two sacs is what kind of difference? |
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faces
sharp outlines
high pitched tones
sweet taste, to a point
moving objects |
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| concept or framework that organizes and interprets info (abstract ideas) |
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| interpreting ones new experience in terms of ones existing schemas |
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| ppl get better day by day |
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| ppl go through stages and change stages rapidly (steps) |
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| adapting schema (making new schema) to incorporate new info |
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| all mental activities associated with thinking knowing remembering and communicating |
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| ccording to piaget...you function best when what and what are about equal |
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| assimilation and accomodation |
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sensorimotor
-guy
-ages
-stuff |
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piaget
0-2
experience through looking, touching, etc (senses)
object permanence (if close eyes, world is gone)
stranger anxiety |
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preoperational
-guy
-ages
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piaget
2-6
represents things with words and images..lacks logistic reasoning
(pretend play,egocentrism, lang development) |
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concrete operational
-guy
-ages
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piaget
7-11
thinking logically, grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetic operations but cant thnk abstractly
(conservation(which glass has more wateR) mathematical, transformations) |
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formal operational
-guy
-ages
-stuff |
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piaget
12+
abstract reasoning (abstract logic, potential for moral reasoning) |
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| properties such as mass and volume stay the same despite changes in the forms of objects |
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postconventional level
-guy
-ages
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kohlberg
life is more important than products..or if everyone did it thered be chaos |
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conventional level
-guy
-ages
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kohlberg
dont do things bc u must follow laws or rules...how other ppl will react to what u did |
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preconventional level
-guy
-ages
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kohlberg
if it makes u feel good-moral
if it makes u feel bad-immoral |
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| kohlbergs ideas only identify:bc |
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| to men bc women are taught to always think about how her actions will affect others |
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trust vs mistrust
-guy
-ages
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erikson
infaancy (1st year)
if needs of dependability are met infants develop a sense of basic trust |
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identity role vs. role confusion
-guy
-ages
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erikson
(teens-20;s)
who am i?
separate from parents
rebelling stage |
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intimacy vs. isolation
-guy
-ages
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erikson
(20's-40's)
struggle to form close relationships, from meaningful, lasting bonds |
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generativity vs stagnation
-guy
-ages
-stuff |
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erikson
(40's-60's)
sense of leaving something positive to future generations
feeling u have nothing/something to show for your life |
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integrity vs despair
-guy
-ages
-stuff |
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erikson
(60's+)
reflecting upon life
may feel either satisfactory or despair |
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