PSYC102 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Parenantal development
Harm can be caused during parental stages through disease, toxic
chemicals,nicotine,alcohol, and other drugs
Inborn tendencies
Characteristics which are universal in all humans
What is "inborn"
-appears in infants
-to quickly to be learned without genes
-same way in all cultures
Evident at birth
4-6 weeks:synchrony
Attachment
Deep emotional tie between infants and their caregivers
Attachment appeara
To be based on contact comfort: direct contact with a soft object
Harlows experiment
-Compared surrogate monkeys mothers that provided food with those that provided
comfort
, -infants spent most of their time with the soft mother
-6-8 months separation anxiety that last 2-3 years
6-12 months
Familiar with sound structure
18 months to 2 years
Telegraphic language
2-6 years
Rapid increase in vocab
Jean piaget
One of the most influential people in development psychology
Piagets discoveries
-young children don't think like adults
-several stages of cognitive development to acquire thinking skills
-move concrete to the abstract
Assimilation
New experiences are interpreted within the framework of existing schemas
Accommodation
New schemas develop of the experience does not fit existing schemas
4 stages of cognitive development
Sensorimotor, concrete operations,pre operational, formal operations
Sensorimotor stage
-Birth to 24 months
-infants understand the world through motor activities
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Parenantal development
Harm can be caused during parental stages through disease, toxic
chemicals,nicotine,alcohol, and other drugs
Inborn tendencies
Characteristics which are universal in all humans
What is "inborn"
-appears in infants
-to quickly to be learned without genes
-same way in all cultures
Evident at birth
4-6 weeks:synchrony
Attachment
Deep emotional tie between infants and their caregivers
Attachment appeara
To be based on contact comfort: direct contact with a soft object
Harlows experiment
-Compared surrogate monkeys mothers that provided food with those that provided
comfort
, -infants spent most of their time with the soft mother
-6-8 months separation anxiety that last 2-3 years
6-12 months
Familiar with sound structure
18 months to 2 years
Telegraphic language
2-6 years
Rapid increase in vocab
Jean piaget
One of the most influential people in development psychology
Piagets discoveries
-young children don't think like adults
-several stages of cognitive development to acquire thinking skills
-move concrete to the abstract
Assimilation
New experiences are interpreted within the framework of existing schemas
Accommodation
New schemas develop of the experience does not fit existing schemas
4 stages of cognitive development
Sensorimotor, concrete operations,pre operational, formal operations
Sensorimotor stage
-Birth to 24 months
-infants understand the world through motor activities
