[PSYCH 211] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 44 pages long Study Guide!

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How do you question a child who has ex. been molested at. Given dolls and told to show what happened. However if too young, may show things that did not happen. Everything is the way it is because it got that way. When babies a few weeks old are put on backs and shown. Males prefer mobile (mish mash of full face) Don"t take this as truth - it is a possible truth. Thus methods and theories are more fascinating to prof because you don"t really know how sound findings are. Kind of like nature vs. nurture but re: human knowledge! Nativism - places emphasis on being born with certain innate traits (like nature) from experience, idea that knowledge is based on perception (like nurture) Empiricism - states that all knowledge is derived. Baby"s ability to recognize face - just general ability or.