The understanding that a relationship can go two ways.
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What are genes?
the basic units of heredity
200
What is the difference between a dictatorial parenting style and child abuse?
child abuse involves causing physical or psychological damage to the child.
200
What is the sensorimotor stage?
(0-2) The child spends time on two activities: sensation and movement. Knowledge is tied to movement and objects in their environment. Objects are not “permanent” during this time. If an object disappears, the child believes it no longer exists.
200
What is Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development?
A sense of right and wrong is determined by rewards and punishments by an authority.
200
What are the only two countries in the world that do not offer paid maternity leave?
United States and Papua New Guinea
300
What were three similarities between Jim Springer and Jim Lewis?
First wife - Linda
Second Wife - Betty
Chainsmokers
enjoyed the same types of alcohol
Hobbies - woodworking
300
What is a permissive parenting style?
The parents let the children do as they wish. few rules are made or enforced.
300
During which stage does the child begin to understand the concepts of reversibility and conservation?
Preoperational stage.
300
What is Kohlberg's conventional level of morality?
When moral reasoning is based on others' expectations of right and wrong.
300
What is the critical period for language acquisition?
Before the age of 5.
400
What is the difference between monozygotic twins and dizygotic twins?
Monozygotic twins are genetically identical (clones), and dizygotic twins are not genetically identical.
400
What is an authoritarian/dictatorial parenting style?
This is when the parents rigidly set the rules and demand obedience.
400
What is the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?
(7-11_ the child understands that there is a real world with real objects, which exist apart from the child and can be manipulated by the child. They have trouble seeing the dimensions of objects.
400
What is Kohlberg's post-conventional level of morality?
The last stage of moral development, when personal ethics and human rights come into play.
400
Explain the concept of neural pruning. How does this affect your ability to learn a language?
When you are born, you have all the neural connections you need to learn any language. As you age, neural connections that you use frequently are strengthened and those that you do now use are stripped away.
500
What are the three major parenting styles? Explain each one.
when parents seek input from the children. Parents are consistent but flexible.
500
What is the formal operations stage of cognitive development?
beginning at age 11, when the child is able to deal with highly symbolic and abstract thoughts found in logic, math, philosophy, and ethics.
500
Why did Gilligan criticize Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
She believed that men and women have different concepts of morality. Gilligan thought that women focused more on caring for and connecting with others, and so would score lower than men on traditional morality tests.
500
Explain Erik Erikson's theory of group identity vs alienation.
Teenagers feel as though they must belong to a group or they will be lost.