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Psych Exam 3 (Development (Prenatal (Ovum fertilized, Germinal: Two week…
Psych Exam 3
Development
Prenatal
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Fetal, lasts from 9th week to birth
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Newborn
Newborns have limited range of vision, and begin to mimic facial expressions, then speech sounds as early as 12 weeks
Ears and eyes work straight away, but other reflexes develop later. Nursing stimulates the sucking reflex and rooting reflex (infant moves mouth towards object), and allows infant to find nipple
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Theory of mind: the mind produces representations of the world and these represenations guide behavior
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Discovering culture
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Social referencing: ability to use another person''s reactions as information on how we should think
Attachment
Secure: when caregiver returns, undistresed infant greets, and distressed infant is calmed
Avoidant: Infant is not distresssed, and does not acknowledge caregiver
Ambivalent: infant is distressed, but when caregiver returns, infant rebuffs
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Personality
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Measurement
Self-report: a method in which people provide subjective information about their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors, typically via a questionnaire or an interview
Projective tests: tests designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals' personalities by analysis of their responsens to a standard series of ambiguous stimuli
EAR (electronically activated recorder) captures random snippets of talk. Allows psychologists to see people beyond lab setting.
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Big Five
Openness to experience
Imaginative, variety, and independent
Not down to earth, routin or conforming
Conscientiousness
High: Organized, Careful, Self-disciplened
Low: Disorganized, Careless, Weak-willed
Extraversion
High: Social, Fun loving, affectionate
Low: Retiring, Sober, Reserved
Agreableness
High: Softhearted, Trusting, Helpful
Low: Rutheless, Suspcious, Uncooperative
Neuroticism
High: Worried, Insecure, Self-Pitying
Low: Calm, Secure, Self-satisfied
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Freud
Psychodyanamic
Id: Part of mind containing desires present at birth; source of needs, wants, desires, and impulses, particularly sexual and aggressive drives
Superego: The mental system that reflects the internalization of cultural rules, mainly learned as parents exercise their authority
Ego: The component of personality, developed through contact with the external world, that enables us to deal with life's practical demands
Defense Mechanisms
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Sublimation: Channeling unacceptable sexual or aggressive drives into socially acceptable activities
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Locus of control: men external, women internal
Self
Esteem: Extent to which an individual likes, values, and accepts t4he self
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Social Psychology
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Cooperation
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Cooperation requires trust, as others could betray for further benefit
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Cognitive Dissonance: Uncomfortable feeling when a person recognizes inconsistency of actions, and is alleviated by justifying