PSY 2114 Study Guide - Final Guide: Blood Vessel, Little Albert Experiment, Methadone

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Heather Poole

Document Summary

Mercury poisoning -exposure to mercury in critical periods resulted in poisoning. High poverty area, children experience a lot of loss and trauma. Emotional issues (trauma) must be resolved before development can begin. More successful when resiliency is developed early, physiologically unable to learn if individual does not feel safe/trust = healing. Parent-child game (child directive behaviours vs. child centred behaviours) Observe and analyze (baseline) to determine the interaction between parents and child, compare positive behaviours and negative ones. Scale error, relate to similar toys at a smaller scale (2 1/2 year old) Why don"t you pretend it"s the big one , researcher error, guiding observation and measurement to preferred outcome. Sensitive period (language) > could still learn words, but not language. Not spoken to meant cortex wasn"t stimulated, resulting in pruning. Lining of uterus thickens pituitary gland stimulates ovary to release egg. If egg is fertilized, form to a zygote, divides rapidly, cluster of cells.