PSYC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: David Reimer, Sexual Differentiation, Object Permanence
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Study how behavior and mental processes change over the life span. Understand the difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal designs (and the problems. Shir nagari 1 associated with each: cohort effects, attrition) Longitudinal designs- measuring the same individuals at different points in time: problems with attrition (people dropping out the study) Understand that one"s genes and environment interact to affect development. Understand the difference between assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation- absorbing new information into one"s understanding of the world (without revising one"s overall understanding) Accommodation- revising one"s understanding of the world to fit with new information. Operational 7-12 years child can think logically about concrete objects and can add/subtract. Understands conversation: formal operational 12-adult -can reason abstractly and think in hypothetical terms. Understand how object permanence and conservation relate to piaget"s stages. Object permanence- understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of view: children fail such tasks at the sensorimotor stage.
