unit 6 Development - AP Psychology (copy)

a response involving physiological arousal AND expressive behaviors AND conscious experience

an emotion theory that says a stimulus triggers a physical reaction AND ONLY THEN, after we notice our physical reaction, we experience an emotion

an emotion theory that says an emotion-arousing stimulus SIMULTANESOUSLY triggers physiological responses AND the subjective experience of emotion

an emotion theory that says to experience emotion you must be physically aroused AND COGNITIVELY LABEL the arousal as whatever emotion you think you should be experiencing

the tendency of one person's emotion to affect how other people around them feel

aka adrenaline - a chemical that is released to pump you up

theory that some emotional responses occur instantly; sometimes we feel before we think

we do an immediate, unconscious appraisal of a stimulus and that causes our the emotional response

deciding what something is or means; aka the act or process of developing an opinion, judgment, or assessment about something

females tend to express more emotion, some cultures excourage more expression of emotion

studied display rules for emotional expression

whatever emotion our face and body are projecting (by frowning or slouching or grinning, etc) starts to actually make us feel that way

a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine

7 are present from birth, 3 are learned later

the false idea that visualizing or acting out violence will help get rid of violent feelings

you're more likely to do good (help) when you're feeling good

how well you think you're feeling

you get used to the new circumstance, so it doesn't affect your emotion like it did when it first happened

you start to compare your state to others and then feel bad in comparison

focuses on the physical, mental, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle

when the sperm and egg become one

are much smaller than egg cells.

name for a fertilized egg cell called before it attaches to the uterine wall

name for unborn child from 9 weeks to 40 weeks

name for unborn child from implantation to 9 weeks

chemicals that harm the prenatal environment

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

when infant cheek is touched, baby searches for food source

also known as the startle reflex

getting used to a stimuli, so don't notice it any more

proved through the fact they get habituated to images they've frequently seen

infants look at face-like images longest

we all go through stages in the same order

conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences

interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding

revises your beliefs based on new information

how people think, know, and remember

studied stages of cognitive development

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

ages 0 months to 23 months (learn object permanence)

learn things exist if you can't see them during sensorimotor stage

ages 2;6 when go from egocentrism to theory of mind

can only see life from your own perspective

can see from the perspective of other people

ages 7;11 when learn about conservation

there's the same amount, even if it's in a different shape

ages 12+ when people can think abstractly and hypothetically

more important than nourishment for attachment

studied terrycloth & monkeys to find out about attachment

a time when you have to learn a skill or you won't be able to later

studied imprinting

studied Secure/insecure attachment

Ainsworth says this is more likely when parents are more responsive

these kids don't get happy when mom comes back into the room

the type of Baumrind's Parenting styles that imposes rules and expects obedience

the type of Baumrind's Parenting styles that make few demands on their children and use little punishment

the type of Baumrind's Parenting styles that is balanced between listening and expecations

socially expected behaviors for males and females

a person's sense of being male or female

childhood tendency to organize the world into male and female categories

sense of gender identity differs from their birth sex

studied Stages of Moral Development ;

Kholberg's 1st stage when morality is based on rewards and punishments

Kholberg's 2nd stage when morality is based on laws and what others think

Kholberg's 3rd stage when morality is based on personal analysis and decisions

said Kholberg is sexist and women's highest stage is based on relationships

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Freud's 1st stage when kids get pleasure from putting everything in their mouths

Freud's 2nd stage when kids get pleasure from self control

Freud's 3rd stage when kids get pleasure from noticing they have a penis (or not)

when kids experience the Oedipus or Electra complex

Freud's final stage

Boys REALLY love their moms!!!

being stuck in an old Freudian Psychosexual Stage

Erikson's 1st Stage of Psychosocial Development

Erikson's 2nd Stage when kids learn self control

Erikson's 3rd Stage when kids ask why

Erikson's 4th Stage when kids learn what it's like to be evaluated

Erikson's 5th Stage when kids try out different roles and identities

Erikson's 6th Stage when adults try to develop deep relationships

Erikson's 7th Stage when adults analyze if they're generating anything for the future

Erikson's 8th Stage when adults look back on life and decide if it's been worthwhile

girl get one of these from mom's egg and one from dad's sperm

a boy gets this in his dad's sperm

rapid physical development and the onset of reproductive capability

when boys start to produce sperm

a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned

no one believes this any more because it's clear humans' well developed frontal lobe doesn't allow these to control behavior

the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates (pushes) an organism to satisfy the need

an aroused state of tension that motivates (pushes) an organism to satisfy the need

a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state (ex: blood sugar, internal body temperature, hydration level)

a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior (pulls you toward it) (ex: you smell baking bread so now you want some)

A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake

a desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment

believing that you have a lot of control over your own destiny

believing that your fate is determined by forces like fate or society or your status at birth

when getting an extrinsic reward ruins intrinsic motivation

when receiving random punishments teaches a person/animal to have no internal locus of control, so they give up