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Assimilation
interpreting new experiences
Accommodation
adapting current understandings to incorporate new info
secure attachment
when mother is around, explores. mother leaves, cries. mother comes back, back to normal
insecure attachment
doesn't explore when mom is around, doesn't care when mother leaves and returns
authoritarian parenting
parents impose rules and expect obedience and use because I said so as reasoning
permissive parenting
submit to child's desires
authoritative parenting
parents are both demanding and responsive, explain reasoning, encourage open discussion
fluid intelligence
our ability to reason speedily and abstractly (decreases slowly up to age 75)
crystallized intelligence
accumulated knowledge as reflected in vocabulary and analogy tests (increases up to old age)
maturation
biological growth preocesses that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience
schema
a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
conservation
the principle that properties such as mass, volume and number remain the same despite the changes of objects
critical period
an optimal period shortly after birth when organisms exposure to certain stimulus or experiences produce proper development
deviance, distressful, dysfunctional
3 characteristics of personality disorders
dopamine
what increased receptor is associated with schizophrenia
obsession
repetitive thoughts
compulsion
repetitive behaviors
depression
when the 5 signs of depression last longer than two weeks
schizophrenia
split personality from reality and shows disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
bipolar disorder
a person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania
anxiety disorder
psychological disorders characterized by distressing, persistent anxiety or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety
phobia
an anxiety disorder that marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation
panic disorder
an anxiety disorder marked by unpredictable minutes-long episodes of intense dread in which a person experiences terror and accompanying chest pain, choking, or other frightening sensations
OCD
anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions
PTSD
an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdraws, jumpy anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for 4 weeks or more after traumatic experience
antisocial personality disorder
personality disorder in which the person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even towards friends and family members
1. negative stressful events
2. pessimistic explanatory style
3. hopeless, depressed state
4. these hamper the way the individual thinks and acts, fueling depressing
social-cognitive perspective
pre conventional morality
before age 9, most children's morality focuses on self interest; obey rules to avoid punishment or gain reward
conventional morality
by early adolescence, morality focuses on caring for others and upholding laws and social rules because they are rules
post conventional morality
with the abstract reasoning of formal operational thought, people may reach 3rd moral level