Last minute dash test 2

Question 1

First stage Piaget

Answer 1

Sensorimotor: 0-2. Senses and motor skills, don’t have object permanence, can’t form mental representation.

Question 2

Second stage Piaget

Answer 2

Preoperational: 2-7. Lack conservation, egocentrism.

Question 3

Third stage Piaget

Answer 3

Concrete operations: 7-11. Conservation, can manipulate mental representation.

Question 4

Fourth stage Piaget

Answer 4

Formal operations: 11. Abstract thinking, hypothetical reasoning.

Question 5

Problems with Piaget’s theory

Answer 5

Infants HAVE object permanence, develop theory of mind 4-5, some kids develop formal operations earlier or later, more gradual.

Question 6

Arguments for Nativism

Answer 6

1. All cultures have language 2. All language has common characteristics 3. Specialized brain areas for language

Question 7

Prenatal development

Answer 7

Germinal, embryonic, fetal

Question 8

Germinal

Answer 8

0-2+zygote attaches to uterine membrane

Question 9

Embryonic

Answer 9

2-8+organs develop, brain embryo develops

Question 10

Fetal

Answer 10

8+bone cells develop

Question 11

Causes of prejudice

Answer 11

Social categorization (us vs. them); social conflict (race and religion) competition for scarce resource; social learning (children get attitudes from parents); conformity

Question 12

Stereotype

Answer 12

Belief about a people

Question 13

Prejudice

Answer 13

Negative attitude towards people in a specific group

Question 14

Discrimination

Answer 14

Taking action against people because of their membership of a group

Question 15

Actor-observer effect

Answer 15

Observer of negative behavior tends to attribute bad behavior to the person