Unit 1 Vocab
This IF, THEN statement is an educated guess that is meant to be tested...
What is Hypothesis
This type of psychology studies how an individual changes as they mature...
What is developmental psychology?
Explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative research...
Qualitative is the quality of characteristics of something, Quantitative is a counting number or how much of something
Define maturation and describe some milestones a maturing baby would have...
Internally programmed growth... sitting up, walking, crawling, rolling over
What is the population of steelville? (Within 250 people more or less)
1,445
This research method involves observing subjects in their natural environment without interference...
What is Naturalistic Observation
The man known for his 4 Cognitive Developmental stages is known as...
Who is Jean Piaget?
Explain the difference between hypothesis and theory...
What is... hypothesis is educated guess, theory is statement based off evidence
A child who knows their mother is still nearby even though she is out of sight would have the skill of... Which of Piaget's Stages does this milestone occur?
What is object permanence, Sensorimotor Stage
What is Mr. Murphy's birth month and astrological sign...
October, Libra
The case of Genie The Wild Child would fall under this research method...
What is a case study?
In this level of learning, one adjusts their old schema to include newly observed events and experiences, creating a brand new schema...
What is accommodation
Describe the relationship between physiological, cognitive, and behavior
What is...Physiological is physical ways the body works, cognitive is your brain and mental functions... both combine together to equal behavior.
Describe a situation in which you could see or test if a child knew the principle of conservation...
Cutting up food, pouring water into different cups...
What high School did Mr. Murphy attend... College?
Park Hills Central, Missouri S&T (you could say MAC as well)
A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to their environment would be known as a...
What is a Behavioral Psychologist / Behaviorist
What is the Preoperational Stage
List the 6 steps of the scientific method in the correct order...
Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Results, Conclusions, Theory
Describe the process of schema, assimilation, and accommodation
Mental representation of the world, process of fitting objects into schema, creating new schema
How many total district championships does Steelville Basketball have? (Boys and Girls combined)
13
8 Boys 5 Girls
These type of psychologists focus on how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how this information influences thinking, language, problem-solving, and creativity...
What is a Cognitive Psychologist or Cognitivist
The ability to sort objects in an order according to size, shape, or other characteristic is known as...
ALSO, which of Piaget's 4 stages does this concept occur in?
What is seriation, and Concrete Operational
What is... case study, longitudinal, cross-sectional, survey, naturalistic observation
List Piaget's 4 Stages in the correct order, and briefly explain each with a definition or concept...
1. Sensorimotor 2. Preoperational 3. Concrete Operational 4. Formal Operational
1. Object Permanence, or definition. 2. Egocentrism, Animism, Conservation 3. Seriation, Reversibility 4. Abstract thinking, prediction
What year did Mr. Murphy first start teaching at Steelville High School?
2022