Autism/Asperger's
Developing Brain
Social Psych Concepts
The Wild Child
KNOWLEDGE!!
100
The causes of Autism?
There really isn't one... We know what is wrong, but we dont know what causes it. Vaccinations? No. Mercury? No. Parents having kids when they are older? Possibly...
100
Babies have more neurons in the brain than adults. True or False?
True
100
The Fundamental Attribution Error.
What is the phenomenon when we attribute behaviors to the person and not the situation?
100
The cause of Genie's language impairments.
This is when she was isolated and was not stimulated with language in anyway resulting in her inability to acquire language.
100
The researcher who began the Developmental Psychology field.
Who is Piaget?
200
The behaviors of Autism.
Social relatedness and communication impairment, repetitive behavior and restricted interests, delayed abnormal symbolic/imaginative play, delayed language and imagination
200
The hormone in the brain that causes the neurons to grow.
What is Nerve Growth Factor?
200
Blind Obedience to authority.
What is the phenomenon when people follow orders of authority figures because they are an authority and we are trained to follow their orders?
200
Why is this called the Forbidden Experiment?
This is considered the forbidden experiment because you can't ethically test the Critical Period because you can't isolate a person like that.
200
Universal Adaptability.
When the baby is babbling, they have the capacity to learn any language and speak it fluently.
300
Naltrexone and Naloxone.
The drugs are opioid antagonists that reduce levels of opioids and this fixes the social problems, makes their pain levels normal, but it inhibits feeding.
300
What is Synaptogenesis and Pruning?
Synaptogenesis is the process of neurons growing and connecting. Pruning is when unneeded neurons are "cut out".
300
Why did eye sight improve with the Flight Simulator?
They had the uniform and the simulator was working.
300
The implications of Genie being retarded at birth or not.
The sleep spindles would have indicated that she was retarded at birth, but that could simply be due to the lack of connections in her brain from having no stimulation growing up.
300
Chemoattractant and Chemorepellent.
The attractant is a chemical that pulls neurons to specific parts of the developing brain. The repellents keep the developing neurons out of specific parts of the brain.
400
Impairments in the brain. At least 3 chemical imbalances.
High opioid/endorphin levels means less desire to interact with people, repetitive behaviors, and higher pain tolerance. Low oxytocin levels which means that they will be less likely to form attachments. Dopamine is produced by all of this and so it is produced at very low levels.
400
Markers.
What the glial cells in the brain that direct the neurons growth to specific regions?
400
The aspects that go along with the Power of the Situation.
Uniforms, Authority, how REAL the situation is
400
The two researchers and their views on language acquisition.
Chomsky believed that there was no critical period and that a person could acquire language at any point. Linnenburg thought there was a critical period and that beyond that age, around 8 or so, a person would be unnable to acquire language.
400
Explain Dyslexia
This is when a person uses their right hemisphere, the side of the brain that is good at math and spatial skills, for reading. By doing so, they try to rotate the words around and flip them. They can be taught how to use their left hemisphere for reading and still keep all of their great math and spatial skills.
500
Treating the dopamine side and the oxytocin side...
Classical Neuroleptics are non-selective dopamine agonists and fix that problem, however there is a risk of Tardive Dyskinesia. The Oxytocin Inhaler can actually increase their desire for social interactions. By fixing oxytocin, they fix the entire chemical imbalance: oxytocin leads to opioids which leads to the dopamine release.
500
These three are teratogens and what affect they have.
Alcohol inhibits enzymes in the mother that protect the child from toxins, this can result in mental retardation in the child (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome). Heavy Metals block calcium channels and can inhibit learning. Smoking and Cocaine produce anoxia, the displacement of oxygen, and this can kill of the neurons.
500
The difference between religion and cults.
This is when people believe/worship a person (cults) vs. a god (religion). Doubt is not allowed whatsoever (cults) but doubt can help establish your faith (religion).
500
The ethical concerns of "treating" Genie.
Was she being researched too much and not treated? No one gave consent for her situation. She lived with the people conducting the research, and the research was only conducted by one guy basically. There also wasn't any analysis of the data collected.
500
Piaget's most important contribution.
His most important contribution was the finding that independent of culture or race or social background, children go through the same general stages of cognitive development. The pace may vary from child to child but the order of the stages does not change.
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