AP Psych Chapter 3 part 1 test

Contact Comfort

• instinct to form strong attachment to the first moving object they shortly see after birth.

• security and emotional relief deprived from physical touch, particularly between infants and caregivers.

• emotional bond between an infant and the primary caregiver.

• distress experienced by infants and children when separated from their caregiver.

Temperament

• process of incorporating new info

• takes all the info and organized and categorizes.

• The innate traits that influence how children respond to their environment.

• all the mental activities associated with, thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

What did Jean Piaget do?

• studied the process of incorporating new information into existing schemas.

• studied the children's development of cognitive development.

• He studied that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen.

• He studied the struggle to see things from another's point of view.

Longitudinal Studies

• A branch of psychology that study's physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

• study of increased self-focus leading to beliefs that ones experiences are unique and that others are always observing them.

• research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time. Sees how age and development might affect the outcome.

• research that follows and retests the same people over time. See changes throughout their life spans.

Cross-Sectional Studies

• research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time. See how age and development might affect outcome.

• research that follows and retests the same people over time. Sees how changes throughout their life spans.

• research of security and emotional relief deprived from physical touch, particularly between infants and caregivers.

• research that tracks the emotional bond between an infant and the primary caregiver.

Emerging Adulthood

• the end of adolescence until the end of life.

• teens-mid 20s, self-discovering and figuring out career paths.

• teens-mid 20s, figuring out fascination with tiny objects and details.

• teen-mid 20s, experiencing early life crisis and developing a sense of security.

Teratogens

• substance that helps the fine motor cortex/small muscle movements.

• substances that help the development and growth of a baby in the womb.

• substance that is harmful and causes abnormalities or birth defects.

• substances making the brain especially receptive to learning specific skills.

Parenting Styles

• Permissive- relaxed, warmth, few rules and expectations, avoids enforcing strict boundaries, indulges in their desires.

• Authoritarian- strict, high expectations, very rigid, and teaches obedience and discipline.

• Negligent- lack of emotional and physical responsiveness, little affection, little guidance, and little supervision.

• Authoritative- balanced, high expectations with warmth and support.

Object performance

• objects perform psychological mind games in your head if so imagined.

• objects alter existing schemas.

• objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen.

• objects reflects how the world sees certain things.

Sensorimotor Stage

• birth-2 learning about the world through sensory and motor movements.

• 2-7 develops language, symbolic thinking, and imagination.

• 7-11 develops logical thinking about concrete objects.

• 12+ develops the ability to think abstractly, and solve hypothetical questions.