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Chapter 12
Life Span Development
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2012

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Term
Visual Cliff Experiment
Definition

Gibson and Walk

-determine extent of infant depth perception

-glass panel test= danger

Term
Schema
Definition
cognitive structure that organizes pattern of thought or actions to explain an experience
Term
Assimilation
Definition
interpreting new experiences by filling them into existing schemata 
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Accommodation
Definition

modify existing schema to incorporate and adapt to new experiences

-paper airplane moves but not alive

Term
STUDY PIAGETS COGNATIVE DEVELOPMENT CHART
Definition
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Sensorimeter
Definition

birth to 2 years

object permanence, deferred imitation, symbolic thinking

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Preoperational
Definition

2-6 or 7

-inc thinking symbolically and logically

-can not solve conservation problems

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Concrete Operational
Definition

6 or 7 - 11

-can think conservatively

-can categorize

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Formal Operational
Definition

11+ 

ability to think abstractly and hypothetically

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attachment 
Definition
a close emotional relationship between two people consisting of mutual affection and desire to remain close
Term
Secure Attachment
Definition

actively exploring in mom's presence

visibly upset when mom leaves

greets mom with warmth and welcomes physical contact upon reunion

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Resistant Attachment
Definition

little exploration 

very distressed when mom leaves 

upon reunion infants are ambivalant 

wary of strangers 

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Avoidant Attachment
Definition

show little distress upon separation

turn away to ignore mom upon reunion 

not wary of strangers but avoid contact

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Disorganized/ Disoriented Attachment
Definition

combination of resistant and avoidant 

confussion whether or not to approach mom 

dazed or frozen upon reunion or begin to move closer than move away

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