Noticeably different mental state than normal (e.g. drugs and alcohol, exhaustion, fevers)
What is an altered state of consciousness?
General theme that describes biological aspects vs our environment and upbringing.
The sleep disorder categorized by the sudden strong urge to fall asleep
What is narcolepsy?
Attachment style where the baby cries when mom leaves the room & wants mom when she returns, easily consoled.
What is secure attachment?
Moral development where behavior is determined by rewards and punishment
What is pre-conventional?
Subconscious processing that creates a solution to a problem-after a break in conscious thought (coming back to something after thinking about it for a while)
A teratogen that is a spectrum of disorders associated with the consumption of alcohol while the child is in the womb
What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
The sleep disorder categorized by troubles breathing during sleep
What is sleep apnea?
Attachment style where the child is upset when mom leaves the room & angry when she returns
What is an anxious attachment style?
Moral development stage where personal moral code determines what is right and wrong; abstract principles
What is post-conventional?
Umbrella term to cover a wide range of symptoms including social difficulties and a narrowed scope of interests.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
getting rid of synaptic connections that are not necessary
What is synaptic pruning?
The deepest stage of sleep
What is N-3?
Parenting style where the parent is controlling and punishes the child frequently
What is an authoritarian parenting style?
Biological theory where hormones stimulated by stress stay in bloodstream longer as we age
What is hormonal stress theory?
Perceive something visually as a whole, all at once (you hear AND see at the same time, not one then the other)
What is Utilized Parallel Processing?
Knowing that something exists even when you can’t see it
What is object permanence?
The stage of sleep where dreams occur.
What is stage R (REM)?
Parenting style where the parent is encouraging autonomy with limits
What is a authoritative parenting style?
Biological theory where oxygen molecules that are bouncing around damage your cells & DNA, unstable oxygen molecules
What is Free Radical Theory?
Your understanding that other have their own private experiences
What is Theory of Mind?
The theory that children are apprentices to their parents (the experts)
What is Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Cognitive Theory?
The three specific reasons we sleep
What is plasticity, restorative, and evolutionary adaptive?
Parenting style were the parent is involved but there are little to no regulations/rules
What is a permissive parenting style?
Biological theory where your cells can divide only so many times, shortening telomeres