CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dopamine Hypothesis Of Schizophrenia, Speech Disorder, Agoraphobia

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Dunne

Document Summary

Critical: age range, certain experiences must occur to develop normally. Sensitive: optimal age range for certain experiences to spur normal development. Psych: nature v. nurture, critical v. sensitive periods, stages and continuity of development, stability v. change in characteristics over lifespan. Cognitive development: neural networks, survival first to mature, cerebal hemisphere more specialized, purpose based on input from the environment. Assimilation interpret new experiences in term of existing schemas. Accomodation new experience causes existing schemas to change, or learn new. Attachment strong emotional bond that develops between children and caregivers primary caregiver. Stranger anxiety (6-7 to 18th): distress over contact with unfamiliar people. Consequences of attachment: secure infacts are better socially adjusted, nonsecure infants have more behavioral problems. (infancy is not critical period for attachment) Daycare: display better social adjustment and performance in school. Short term: anxiety and fear, anger, confusion, depression. Long term: academic problems, social rlts, low self-esteem, depression and disengagement from family.