Taking It All In
This is another term for your ability to taste.
What is gestation?
What is permissive parenting?
This variable is manipulated in an experiment in order to observe its effects on another variable/outcome.
What is the independent variable?
This important figure in developmental psychology observed monkeys to study attachment. His findings indicated that physical touch and physical comfort were a large part of forming a secure attachment.
Who is Harry Harlow?
the brain structure that is the Lima bean sized part of the brain in charge of flight or fight, fear, and emotion
What is the amygdala?
This is another term for your ability to smell.
According to Mary Ainsworth's "Strange Situation" demonstration, Annie did not get upset when her mother left her alone in a room. She also did not react when she returned. Annie's self sufficient behavior is likely an indication of this type of attachment.
What is avoidant attachment?
This is an educated guess about what is likely to happen in an experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
This stage of Piaget's cognitive development is where very young children tend to grasp at, look at, and put things in their mouths to experience the world around them. Their movements are very sensory driven.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
the structure of the brain, located on the brainstem, that is in charge of heartbeat and breathing
What is the medulla?
This type of optical illusion occurs when the cells for color in our eyes grow weary and we view the opponent color.
What is negative afterimage?
This parenting style is the only one likely to result in a secure attachment between child and caregiver.
What is authoritative parenting?
The evolutionary perspective can be largely accredited to this individual.
Who is Charles Darwin?
These are the mental categories we create to organize information to better recall it in the future.
this lobe is a Big area that lies just behind the forehead…speaking, emotion, muscle movements, plans and judgements
What is the frontal lobe?
This Gestalt Principle states that the brain tends to fill in gaps and perceive even partial images as complete forms.
What is closure?
This type of attachment is indicative of parents that demonstrate and inconsistent ability to meet their child's needs. The child then develops a lack of confidence in themselves as well as a lack of trust in others.
What is anxious attachment?
This scientific law states that --because matter changes shape it does not result in a change in quantity. Young children do not understand this concept.
What is conservation?
this structure is referred to as the sensory switchboard of the brain--encoding sensory information so that the body can respond appropriately
What is the thalamus?
This theory explains that pain is a result of neurons either blocking or transmitting signals to the brain.
What is imprinting?
When conducting an experiment of the effectiveness of a new version of a medication, someone would have one group taking the new medication and another group taking a placebo (a fake). This is the name of the group taking the placebo/not the new medication.
What is the control group?
This stage of moral development is what Lawrence Kohlberg considered the highest level of morality in which a person uses his/her own judgment outside of laws and society to determine right from wrong
What is post conventional stage of morality?
this brain strucure controls maintenance functions like eating, emotion, reward, and motivation
What is the hypothalamus?