PSYC 2583 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Allele - ANS - variant form of a gene
- Polygenic inheritance is influenced by a pair of alleles
Attachment - ANS -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 - ANS - strong physical contact
- social skills are better
- cognitive development- doesn't effect IQ, a lot of time on emotional regulation
insecure attachment - ANS - difficulty understanding other people's emotion.
- worse social skills
- psychopathology
Attachments Phases - ANS *Asocial phase*- birth- 6 weeks
*Indiscriminate Attachment*- 6weeks- 7 months
*Specific Attachments*- 7-9 months
*Multiple attachments*- 18 months
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Emotional attachment - ANS - Bowlby
- mother to infant attachment (smiling, crying etc)
- action from one to a response from another
Autosomes - ANS first 22 pairs of genes
Behaviorism - ANS - 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 - ANS left frontal lobe: production of words
Chromosomes - ANS 46 per person (23 from mom, 23 from dad)
Correlation research - ANS a type of research that focuses on describing the strength of the
relation btwn two or more events or characteristics
correlation coefficient - ANS A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe
the degree of association btwn two variables
Dominant - ANS a gene that overrides the potential influence of another gene
Ego - ANS - 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