Mystery
What country was the orphanage study that established critical periods of attachment done in?
Romania
Do general-purpose learning mechanisms (association finders) correspond to core knowledge theories (nature) or blank slate (nurture) theories?
Blank slate (nurture) theories; which posit that infants have limited initial structure and learn through experience with general-purpose learning.
What are Piaget's 4 stages of development, with the age ranges?
Sensorimotor (0-2)
Preoperational (2-7)
Concrete Operational (7-11)
Formal Operational (12+)
What are the two dimensions of parenting that differentiate each type (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, disengaged)?
Responsiveness
Demandingness
What system allows humans and some other animals to estimate quantities (numerosity) without counting?
Approximate Number System
Nature and Nurture interact like the ___ and ___ of a rectangle.
Length, Width