Developmental Psychology
This debate has been going on in psychology for decades, where the main argument stems from whether our development is attributed to genes or environment.
What is nature vs. nurture?
This research method studies multiple groups at the same time point.
What is a cross-sectional study?
This is the first stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
What is sensorimotor?
A child would be considered to fall into this style of attachment if they actively seek the parent out when distressed during the strange situation, maintaining contact when reunited, and are readily comforted.
What is securely attached?
This is when the second exam closes.
What is April 1 at 8pm?
This is the reason humans are born earlier than most other animals. Hint, it's a body part!
What is the size of our head (BIG)?
This potential is an all-or-nothing potential within a neuron, and occurs when a stimulus reaches the threshold of -55mV.
What is an action potential?
This is known as the difference between what a learner can do with and without help.
What is the zone of proximal development?
There are many myths surrounding this disease, including that it is not fatal and only diagnosed in older adults.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This is the name of Emma's cat.
What is Nova?
This vocabulary term is defined as "the measurable characteristics of people (trait, behavior)".
What is phenotype?
These cells are responsible for digesting debris of dead neurons, carrying nutritional support from blood vessels to neurons, and regulating ions.
What are microglial cells/astrocytes?
This level of Kohlberg's Model of Moral development is focused on trying to be good, with motivations to meet the expectations of others and society as a whole.
This test is designed to measure one's state of mind about childhood experiences with parents.
What is the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI)?
This man had a tamping iron go through his frontal lobe during a freak accident, leading to our understanding that personality and decision making are primarily located where he was injured.
Who is Phineas Gage?
A butterfly going through metamorphosis is an example of an animal going through ________ development, where the animal is significantly different from the mature form.
What is indirect development?
This sense is the only sense not routed through our thalamus (our sensory switchboard).
What is smell?
A child in the preoperational stage of Piaget's theoretical framework struggles with this idea, where they think that the glass of water that is taller has more water in it despite being shown two equally full, smaller glasses; one glass was simply transferred to another.
What is constancy?
This principle accounts for the phenomenon of cognitive abilities increasing over time.
What is the Flynn Effect?
This is the man that was in the corner of our "What Would You Do" slides, known for his role in the TV show of the same name.
Who is John Quiñones?
What is alloparenting?
This white matter tract is the reason why our two hemispheres are able to communicate.
What is the corpus callosum?
Piaget is a member of this school of thought, which is defined by gaining knowledge about the world by interacting with it.
What is constructivism?
This is the type of relationship Hazan and Shaver extended attachment theory to.
What is romantic relationships?
Emma talked a lot about this specific neuroscience term, noting that there's debate as to whether it's as divisive as we think it is.
What is functional specialization?