PSYC 2583 Exam 1 Latest Actual study
set with Questions and verified Answers
Allele - ANSWER-- variant form of a gene
- Polygenic inheritance is influenced by a pair of alleles
Attachment - ANSWER--hypothetical cord helps to make sure that one oversees, but one can still explore.
- Harlow- separation at birth (wire vs soft mom monkey)
Secure Attachment - ANSWER-- strong physical contact
- social skills are better
- cognitive development- doesn't effect IQ, a lot of time on emotional regulation
insecure attachment - ANSWER-- difficulty understanding other people's emotion.
- worse social skills
- psychopathology
Attachments Phases - ANSWER-*Asocial phase*- birth- 6 weeks
*Indiscriminate Attachment*- 6weeks- 7 months
*Specific Attachments*- 7-9 months
*Multiple attachments*- 18 months
Emotional attachment - ANSWER-- Bowlby
- mother to infant attachment (smiling, crying etc)
- action from one to a response from another
Autosomes - ANSWER-first 22 pairs of genes
Behaviorism - ANSWER-- Application of animal models of learning to human development (animals are
more ethical)
- B.F. Skinner- reflects operant conditioning, passively shaped, reinforcers/punishment
Broca's Area - ANSWER-left frontal lobe: production of words
Chromosomes - ANSWER-46 per person (23 from mom, 23 from dad)
Correlation research - ANSWER-a type of research that focuses on describing the strength of the relation
btwn two or more events or characteristics
correlation coefficient - ANSWER-A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association btwn two variables
Dominant - ANSWER-a gene that overrides the potential influence of another gene
Ego - ANSWER-- Part of our personalities that are developed by our civilized world; helps us in day to day
life tasks.
- Reality Principle
- developed by social contacts and interactions
Emotion - ANSWER-emotion is characterized by behavior that reflects the pleasantness or
unpleasantness that a person is experiencing.
Emotional Display Rules - ANSWER-Child learns when it is appropriate to display certain emotions
, Fertilization - ANSWER-- 1-2 days: 1st cell divides (mitosis), arms heart, etc began to specialize
- 3 days: 16-20 cells
- 4-5 days: 64-130 cells
- 6 days: forms on side of uterus and embeds itself
Genotype - ANSWER-A persons genetic heritage; the actual genetic material
Heterozygous - ANSWER-a diploid containing two different alleles in a gene
Homozygous - ANSWER-a diploid containing two of the same alleles in a gene
Id - ANSWER-- Drives that are present at birth; bodily needs, wants, desires, impulses
- Sex aggression
- Pleasure Principle
Neuron - ANSWER-Nerve cells that handle information processing at the cellular level in the brain
Phenotype - ANSWER-the way an individual's genotype is expressed in observed and measureable
characteristics.
Recessive - ANSWER-exerts it's influence only if the two genes of a pair are the same
Sex linked Inheritance - ANSWER-- Males more vulnerable to
genetic disorders
mutations
disease
mortality
Social niche - ANSWER-- combination of socialization experiences
- Genotype X environment interaction
- largely culturally dependent (N. America, Kenya)
- child's temperament influences the environment
- 2 way interaction
superego - ANSWER-- Internalization of cultural rules, mainly learned as parents exercised authority
- Moral Principle
synaptogenesis - ANSWER-- chemical transmission of information.
- we achieve this by Dendritic Spreading
temperament - ANSWER-- An individual's behavior style and characteristic way of emotionally
responding.
- helps develop personality and a characteristic way of how you react to a situation.
teratogens - ANSWER-Any agent that can potentially a birth defect or negatively alter cognitive and
behavioral outcomes.
- caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, etc.
theory - ANSWER-A coherent set of ideas that helps to explain data and to make predictions.
variable - ANSWER-any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types.
Wernicke's Area - ANSWER-In the temporal lobe that effects the comprehension of language.
Bandura's social cognitive theory - ANSWER-- observational learning
set with Questions and verified Answers
Allele - ANSWER-- variant form of a gene
- Polygenic inheritance is influenced by a pair of alleles
Attachment - ANSWER--hypothetical cord helps to make sure that one oversees, but one can still explore.
- Harlow- separation at birth (wire vs soft mom monkey)
Secure Attachment - ANSWER-- strong physical contact
- social skills are better
- cognitive development- doesn't effect IQ, a lot of time on emotional regulation
insecure attachment - ANSWER-- difficulty understanding other people's emotion.
- worse social skills
- psychopathology
Attachments Phases - ANSWER-*Asocial phase*- birth- 6 weeks
*Indiscriminate Attachment*- 6weeks- 7 months
*Specific Attachments*- 7-9 months
*Multiple attachments*- 18 months
Emotional attachment - ANSWER-- Bowlby
- mother to infant attachment (smiling, crying etc)
- action from one to a response from another
Autosomes - ANSWER-first 22 pairs of genes
Behaviorism - ANSWER-- Application of animal models of learning to human development (animals are
more ethical)
- B.F. Skinner- reflects operant conditioning, passively shaped, reinforcers/punishment
Broca's Area - ANSWER-left frontal lobe: production of words
Chromosomes - ANSWER-46 per person (23 from mom, 23 from dad)
Correlation research - ANSWER-a type of research that focuses on describing the strength of the relation
btwn two or more events or characteristics
correlation coefficient - ANSWER-A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association btwn two variables
Dominant - ANSWER-a gene that overrides the potential influence of another gene
Ego - ANSWER-- Part of our personalities that are developed by our civilized world; helps us in day to day
life tasks.
- Reality Principle
- developed by social contacts and interactions
Emotion - ANSWER-emotion is characterized by behavior that reflects the pleasantness or
unpleasantness that a person is experiencing.
Emotional Display Rules - ANSWER-Child learns when it is appropriate to display certain emotions
, Fertilization - ANSWER-- 1-2 days: 1st cell divides (mitosis), arms heart, etc began to specialize
- 3 days: 16-20 cells
- 4-5 days: 64-130 cells
- 6 days: forms on side of uterus and embeds itself
Genotype - ANSWER-A persons genetic heritage; the actual genetic material
Heterozygous - ANSWER-a diploid containing two different alleles in a gene
Homozygous - ANSWER-a diploid containing two of the same alleles in a gene
Id - ANSWER-- Drives that are present at birth; bodily needs, wants, desires, impulses
- Sex aggression
- Pleasure Principle
Neuron - ANSWER-Nerve cells that handle information processing at the cellular level in the brain
Phenotype - ANSWER-the way an individual's genotype is expressed in observed and measureable
characteristics.
Recessive - ANSWER-exerts it's influence only if the two genes of a pair are the same
Sex linked Inheritance - ANSWER-- Males more vulnerable to
genetic disorders
mutations
disease
mortality
Social niche - ANSWER-- combination of socialization experiences
- Genotype X environment interaction
- largely culturally dependent (N. America, Kenya)
- child's temperament influences the environment
- 2 way interaction
superego - ANSWER-- Internalization of cultural rules, mainly learned as parents exercised authority
- Moral Principle
synaptogenesis - ANSWER-- chemical transmission of information.
- we achieve this by Dendritic Spreading
temperament - ANSWER-- An individual's behavior style and characteristic way of emotionally
responding.
- helps develop personality and a characteristic way of how you react to a situation.
teratogens - ANSWER-Any agent that can potentially a birth defect or negatively alter cognitive and
behavioral outcomes.
- caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, etc.
theory - ANSWER-A coherent set of ideas that helps to explain data and to make predictions.
variable - ANSWER-any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types.
Wernicke's Area - ANSWER-In the temporal lobe that effects the comprehension of language.
Bandura's social cognitive theory - ANSWER-- observational learning
