This mental health condition can develop after exposure to a traumatic event
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Examined the role of the 5-HTT gene in depression
Caspi
Mary Ainsworth and Harry Harlow
Name four ethical considerations
What is the right to informed consent, the right to be free from harm, the right to confidentiality, and the right to debriefing
Pooling data from multiple studies of the same research question to arrive at one combined answer
Meta analysis
This brain structure, associated with memory and emotion, plays a role in the development of PTSD
Amygdala
Examined how parent trauma leaves biological traces in children
A form of psychotherapy used in the treatment of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa helps a person with anorexia see and understand the often dysfunctional role they play
What is family systems therapy?
Name four stages of brain development
Neurogenesis (the birth of neurons)
The migration of neurons to correct location
Differentiation (connection between the neurons)
Pruning (elimination of these connections as well as neurons)
When a researcher is biased by his/her own hypothesis. In other words, a researcher sees what he wants to see.
Confirmation bias
What are two risk factors that may increase the likelihood of developing PTSD?
Sociocultural factors (economic, lack of social support, no access to healthcare); Severity of trauma; Early Maladaptive Schemas
Found that most women who had experienced depression had suffered from adversity. Working class women with children were more likely to develop depression
Brown and Harris
I hate ya, I love ya, hug me, don't! Go away! Come back!
4 attachment styles?
Secure, anxious, avoidant, fearful
Name four stages of cognitive development
Sensorimotor (0-2 years)
Preoperational (2-7 years)
Concrete Operational (7-11 years)
Formal Operational (11+ years)
the proportion of a population that at some point in their life has experienced the disorder
lifetime prevelence
List two symptoms commonly associated with PTSD
Intrusive Symptoms and Avoidance Symptoms
Examined parenting and early maladaptive schemas in the development of PTSD in war veterans. Nevertheless, PTSD and anxiety improved more significantly for the schema-focused therapy group.
Cockram, Drummond, and Lee
Sure, schema theory is one way - but what are two other theories to explain development of gender identity?
Kohlberg's theory, Social Cognitive Theory
Name four studies in the development as a learner topic
Chugani (1999), Giedd (2004), Piaget and Inhelder (1956), Prior and Welling (2001)
theory that behavior may be the result of a genetic predisposition that is "activated" by stress from life experiences
diathesis stress model
What is the ICD 11 code for PTSD?
6B40
Found that NPY may play a key role in the alleviation of stress response; low levels mean that the stress response lasts longer, potentially leading to PTSD associated symptoms.
Morgan et al
What are 4 significant reasons for the development of Theory of Mind? (besides Empathy)
Symbolic play, Deception, Reading Comprehension, Narratives
Name four types of speech
Pre-intellectual speech
Autonomous speech
Naive Speech
Egocentric speech
theory that some people may have the right genes for a disorder, but that they may not have been "turned on." These people have the potential to develop the disorder depending on life circumstances
Genetic vulnerability