PSYCH 130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Color Vision, Design Of Experiments, Cerebral Cortex
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Exam 1 study guide (strengths and weaknesses) reports, interviews, case studies (strengths and weaknesses) Exam 1 (on thursday, feb. 4) will include material from lectures and the textbook. Although lecture material will be emphasized for many (but not all) topics, questions are designed in addition to demonstrate that you read the textbook carefully. Use the following as a guide, not as a substitute for reading and lecture notes. What is meant by each of the following: nature and nurture, stages, continuity and discontinuity in development, mechanisms of developmental change. Know these terms: ectoderm, neural plate, neural tube, ventricular zone, sensitive period, bidirectional influences, probabilistic epigenesis, synaptogenesis + synaptic pruning, areal specificity, equipotentiality. Prenatal development: what are the three periods of prenatal development, threats to prenatal development (e. g. , teratogens, fetal learning. Motor development: newborn reflexes, motor skills as dynamic systems, reaching & the role of vision, methods for studying motor development. Learning & cognition: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, habituation & recovery.
