Week 13 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What does thinking involve?
problem solving, reasoning, creating, conceptualizing, categorizing, remembering, planning
What is stage theory?
children progress through qualitatively different stages of development
What is sociocultural theory?
How other people, attitudes, beliefs and the surrounding culture influences a child’s development
What is information process theory?
the mental processes that produce thinking at any one time, growth in thinking
What is a quantitative change?
gradual, incremental
What is a qualitative change?
Large, fundamental
What is the sensoritmotor stage?
A child’s thinking is realized through their perceptions of the world and physical interactions
What is the preoperational stage?
children can represent objects through drawing and language
What is the concrete operations stage?
children can start to think logically but not systematically
What is the formal operations stage?
Children develop the reasoning power of adults, does not happen without exposure to education
Why is Piaget’s theory not widely accepted?
Cognitive development is considered more continuous than these stages
What is phonemic awareness?
Awareness of the component sounds within words
What part of the brain develops throughout adolescence?
Prefrontal cortex
What is phenotypic heterogeneity?
There is a high degree of variability in the genes underlying a condition
What is the diagnostic criteria for autism?
Difficulty in social interactions, repetitive or restricted interests, cognition and behaviours, involves parental report and observation
How does impairment in social function present?
Eye contact, give and take of group conversations, social information processing
What is social perception?
The initial stages in the processing of information that culminates in the accurate analysis of the dispositions and intentions of others
What is the social brain?
A set of interconnected, neuroanatomical structures that process social information
What does the amygdala do?
Recognize the emotional states of others, regulate and experience own emotions
What does the orbital frontal cortex do?
Produces the ‘reward’ feeling that have around other people
What does the fusion gyrus do?
Detects faces and aids in facial recognition
What does the posterior superior temporal suclus do?
Recognizes biological motion such as eye and hand movements, predicts the intentions of others
How does an MRI help in autism?
measures the level of oxygen in the brain, as neurons in specific regions work harder they require more oxygen
How does an ERP help in autism?
Provides direct measurements of the firing groups of neurons when brain activity occurs
