PSY 155 Exam 2 review Flashcards
(124 cards)
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Define assimilation
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Modification of new information to fit into our existing schemas
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Define accommodation
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Reorganizing what we know to fit new information
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Anal stage years
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1-3 years of age
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Anal stage conflict?
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Toilet training
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Fixation example?
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Messiness, neatness
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What is Eriksons second stage?
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Autonomy vs doubt
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Define autonomy vs shame & doubt
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Taking initiative & trying to do things one’s self is desirable or not trusting one’s gut & feeling discouraged to take control over one’s life ( doubting one’s instinct)
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Infant directed speech
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Involves baby talk & exaggerating the vowel & constant sounds delivering the phrase with great facial expression
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Define infant amnesia
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Inability to recall memories from the first few years of life
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what are the primary (basic) emotions?
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surprise, interest, happiness, anger, fear, sadness, & disgust
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what are the secondary emotions? & what can it also be known as?
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self conscious emotions; envy, pride, shame, guilt, doubt & embarrassment
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what are the two emotional responses given from birth?
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attraction & withdrawal
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define self awareness
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realization that you are separate from others, necessary for understanding social emotions
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what is the rouge test?
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mirror self recognition test; development of self awareness
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at what age are children self aware as mentioned in the rouge test?
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18 months
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define social referencing
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process whereby infants seek out information from others to clarify a situation then use it to act
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what was the visual cliff video based on?
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whether the mothers facial expressions were approving or denying towards the situation
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define forming attachment
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close bound w caregiver which infant derives a sense of security
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what are Freuds attachment stages? and ages?
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oral (0-3), anal (1-3), phallic (3-6), latency (6-12), genital (12+)
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what are Eriksons psychosocial stages?
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trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs shame & doubt, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion etc..
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define secure attachment and its reaction
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explores freely while caregiver is present; upset when caregiver leaves but is fine when they return
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define ambivalent/ anxious attachment
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wary about situation, stays close to caregiver; when alone they are distressed
- may resist soothing attempt
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the child with this attachment style stays close or even clings to the caregiver, in the strange situation
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anxious/ ambivalent attachment
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T/F? autonomy vs shame & doubt is the first stage of Eriksons psychosocial stages
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False. second stage
- trust vs mistrust 1st stage
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define avoidant attachment
will avoid or ignore when left alone; child will not explore much
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define disorganized/ disoriented attachment
inconsistent way of coping w stress; may cry during separation but avoid mother or approach, freeze, fall when mother approaches
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what is an unavailable caregiver
can contribute to development of insecure attachment style
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what body part could child obesity cause harm to?
heart, lungs, muscles, bones
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what could childhood obesity be related to?
poor eating, binging, lack of exercise, low self esteem, depression
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what are the chances of obesity if one parent is obese? if both?
50%, if both 80%
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define just right phenomena
children desire of consistency & may be upset if changed; not allowing the child to take control
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by what age and percentage is the brain developed?
age 6, 95% of its adult weight
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T/F? within your right hemisphere, your language improves
false; left hemisphere language increases significantly
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T/F? Your right hemisphere spatial skills continue to improve
true
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what are the ages of Piagets preoperational stages?
2-7 years of age
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what are children doing in piagets preoperational stage?
use symbols to represent words, images, & ideas
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T/F? children begin to use the language in preoperational stage, but cannot understand adult logic or mentally manipulate information
True
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define egocentrism & example
tendency of not being able to take the perspective of others and instead thinks that everyone thinks, sees, feels just as they do
Ex: describing what they see in the picture but not considering what the doll sees on the other side
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define animism & example
the belief that inanimate objects objects have lifelike qualities
Ex: chair falls down on child's ankle, may think the chair is mean
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define syncretism & example
the tendency to think that two events occurring simultaneously had a casual relationship
Ex: if child puts on bathing suit they think will it turn summer
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define conservation & example
the awareness that altering a substances appearance does not change its basic properties
Ex: cutting sandwich in half
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define irreversibility & example
a young childs difficulty mentally reversing a sequence of events
Ex: same beaker, child does not comprehend it is the same liquid in different size beaker
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T/F? Operations are not logical rules
false. operations ARE logical rules
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what does operation refer to?
the use of logical rules. this stage is misinterpreted as implying children are illogical
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define theory of mind
the understanding that the mind holds people's beliefs, desires, emotions, and intentions.
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at what age do children begin to understand that thoughts and realities do not match?
age 4
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T/F? One component of this is understanding that the mind can be tricked or that the mind is not always accurate
True
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define fast mapping
when words are easily learned through connections between new words and existing concepts
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from 2-6 years of age, how many words does a childs language expand to?
200- 10,000 words
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define overregulation
the process in learning language which children overgeneralize rules to words where the rule is not applicable
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what has a child done when they use a word incorrectly and use a new rule for it
overregulated the rule
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example of overregulated
if a child says "i goes there", "i does that"
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define egocentric speech
the tendency to not be able to take the perspective of others, and instead thinks everyone sees, thinks and feels as they do
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which theorist believed in egocentric speech
Piaget
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define private speech
seeking to solve problems or clarify thoughts
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which theorist believed in private speech?
vygotsky
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who hypothesized the zone of proximal development?
vygotsky
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define zone of proximal Development and who hypothesized this concept?
vygotsky; the range of material that a child is ready to learn if proper support & guidance from those who know the material
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define scaffolding
the guide provides needed assistance to the child as a new skill is learned
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what is the leading source of learning and what year? who suggested this?
play in preschool years, vygotsky suggested this
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what are the four styles of freeplay?
self directed/ self-chosen, motivated, structured & imaginative
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who emphasized free play
Dr. Peter Gray
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what were piagets four developmental stages of play?
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, & formal operation stage
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what is the sensorimotor age?
birth to 2 years of age
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what is the preoperational age?
2-7 years of age
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what is the concrete operational age?
7-11 years of age
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what is the formal operational age?
12+ of age
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define sensorimotor stage & what they do
babies using their senses to learn about the world
- repetitive motor movements
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define preoperational stage & what they do
learning to associate objects with words which have no real adult logic behind it
-use imaginative play through pretend play
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define concrete operational stage and what they do
logical thinking emerges
-use concrete objects to develop a systematic rules or ideas
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define formal operational stage
abstract thinking; ability to reason and think hypothetically
-competitive games with complex rules
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what are the six stages of social play?
- unoccupied, solitary, onlooker, parallel, associative, & cooperative play
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who categorized the six stages of play?
mildred parten
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define rough and tumble play
a form of social physical play that is playful, appears to function as compelling learning environment for social and emotional development
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what are the benefits of rough and tumble play?
teaches effort comes with rewards, learns to manage emotions
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what are the 6 factors of risky play
great heights, rapid speeds, dangerous tools, elements, rough and tumble, getting lost
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define self esteem
lack of social comparison & tend to focus on comparison between what one can do now versus the past
- an evaluative judgment of who we are
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T/F? self esteem is exempt from negative evaluations
False. self esteem is not exempt from negative evaluations
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T/F? those with insecure attachment are at higher risk of low self esteem
true
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define self concept and give an example
the idea of who we are, what we are capable of doing, and how we think & feel
-such as our external and internal qualities
Ex: how a child would define themselves compared to an adult
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what is the focus of ones external qualities
categorical self
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define looking-glass self
this involves looking at how others seem to view us and interpret this as we make judgements of ourselves
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define response inhibition
involves the ability to recognize a potential behavior before it occurs, and stop the initiation of behaviors that could result in undesired consequences
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define delayed gratification
the ability to hold out for a larger reward by forgoing a smaller immediate reward
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define self control
involves delayed gratification and response inhibition
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what is the cool/ hot system
cool system; our ability to control our delayed gratification depending on our ability to engage our rational cognitive system
- hot system; impulsive system, obsessing about the difficulty of resisting a temptation
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what experiment did the hot/ cool system conduct?
the stanford marshmallow experiment, where children where told to wait in a room w a marshmallow in front of them
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what can technology be use for?
a tool for learning, increase access for learning opportunities, strengthen relationships, effective learning
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define passive use
when children are consuming content without accompanying participation, reflection or imagination
- using tv, computer, device
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define active use
when children use technologies to engage in meaningful learning or storytelling experiences
- using computers, devices, apps
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at what age do families and educators need to take into account that technology can be used in different settings
ages 2-5
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stress in children can be what?
positive, tolerable, or toxic
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define positive stress and give an example on what it does to the child
promotes resilience and arises from beliefs
- high heart rate, change in hormone cortisol levels
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define tolerable stress and give an example
adverse experiences that are relatively intense in nature, but the child can overcome it
-Ex: death of a loved one, accidents
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define toxic stress and give an example
chronic, excessive stress that exceeds a childs ability to cope especially without support
- Ex: affects childs memory abilities
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define ACEs
adverse childhood experiences; experiencing abuse, neglect
- potentially traumatic events
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define exergaming
the combination of interactive exercise video game w game play
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what are the inductive reasonings for concrete operational stage?
classification, identity, reversibility, conservation
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T/F? concrete refers to things that can be seen, touched or experienced
True
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describe classification and give an example
build schemes and organize objects in many ways
- understanding classification hierarchies and arrange objects into classes/ subclasses
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describe identity and give an example
the understanding that objects have qualities that do not change if objects are altered
Ex: a chalk is still chalk if broken into two
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describe reversibility
child knows that some things have been changed but can be returned to its original state
-Ex: water can be frozen, then melted to water again
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define inductive reasonings
logical process in which multiple premises believed to be true are combined to obtain a specific conclusion
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what are the three levels of memory according to piaget?
sensory, working, long-term
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define sensory memory
where information first enters
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define working memory
when meaningful information consists of information we are aware of but has limited space
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define long term memory
unlimited capacity and consists of things we know and can remember
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T/F? children in middle childhood have build the ways they attend to and store information and have a better
understanding of how well they are performing a task and how difficult it is for them
True
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describe memory strategies
often lacking in younger children but increase in frequency as children progress through elementary school
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what are some examples of memory strategies?
recall information, visualizing and organizing information, creating rhymes, inventing acronyms
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by what age were children using two or more memory strategies to recall information
by age 10
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for brain development, what does the right hempishere do?
comprehend and appreciate humor
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for brain development, what does the left hemisphere do?
cognitively understand humor
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who has trouble understanding humor
autism and mental retardation
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what is effective classroom humor? and how does self-effacing contribute?
relevant humor to the course; illustrating to students that the teacher is comfortable with making mistakes
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define self-fulfilling prophecy
when the person tends to act in such a way as to make what you predict will happen and reinforce the power of labeling
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what is an example of self-fulfilling prophecy?
when a child is misdiagnosed as a learning disabled they will start to perform as such
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describe freuds latency stage and what age?
age 6-12, a focus on development and stimulations coming from secondary sources (relationships education, hobbies)
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describe eriksons fourth stage and what age
industry vs inferiority, age 6-12; learn to do things well according to standards set by others
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define social identity
a sense of who we are based on our group memberships
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which experiment correlated with social identity?
Robbers cave experiment
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define terror management theory
suggest that being reminded of death can influence a childs attitude towards in/out groups
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what do children in early childhood think about death?
think the individual is sleeping and can return
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what do children in middle childhood think about death?
begin to understand the concept of death; think they could have prevented it/ feel guilty
