7/25/13

I thought about it, and we are cruising right along in the semester and we're actually a little ahead of schedule.  So there's no video today.  Just take the day off and I'll see you on tuesday.

Have a good weekend.

Study Guide exam 2

STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2

CHAPTER 6

-       Information Processing

-       Processing capacity and processing efficiency

-       Operating space

o      Short term memory

o      Working memory

-       storage space

o      Long term memory

o      “filing cabinet example”

-       Attention

o      What is it?

o      ADHD

-       Encoding, Storage, Accessing, and retrieval

-       Reconstructive memory

o      Eyewitness testimony

o      Elizabeth Loftus’ studies

-       Infantile Amnesia

-       Autobiographical memory

-       Knowledge base

-       Rehearsal- Elaborative vs maintenance

CHAPTER 7

-       General vs specific intelligence

-       Fluid vs Crystallized abilities

-       Sternberg’s theory

-       Gardiner's theory

o       biopsychological potential

o      Profile of intelligences

-       Creativity

-       Binet

o      Age norms

o      IQ

-       Why are intelligence tests used?

-       Reliability vs validity

-       Mental retardation

-       Gifted children

o      Global

o      Uneven

-       Cultural biases in testing

CHAPTER 8

-       Features of language

o      Semantics

o      Productive

o      Displacement

-       Phonology

-       Morpheme

-       syntax

-       semantics

-       pragmatics

-       Learning theory of language

-       Nativist theory

-       Interactionist theory

-       The case of genie

-       Connectionist

-       Social interactionist theory

-       Development

o      Babbling/ protowords

o      Over/under extensions

o      Telegraphic speech

o      Adolescent register

review sheet chapters 1&5

here is a review sheet for the chapters we have gone over so far for exam 1.  we'll talk more about this in class tonight.

Review Sheet

CHAPTER 1

            -Definitions of child development/ what does it cover

            - nature-nurture debate, both sides and what is the core of the debate

            - Theory- definition, and why we use them

                        -Psychoanalytic theory

                                    - Freud

                                    - Erikson

                        - Behaviorism

                                    - Watson

                                    - Skinner

                        -Social learning theory

                                    - Bandura

                        - Piaget

                        - Bronfenbrenner (just an overview)

           

-       Scientific method

o      Independent and dependant variables

o      Random Assignment

o      Correlations vs experiments

o      Cross sectional vs longitudinal studies

o      Self Reposts and case studies

o      Why research is important.

CHAPTER 5

            -Piaget’s constructionist view

                        -Schema

                        -organization, adaptation, reflective abstraction

            -Stages

                        1- Sensorimotor           

                                    - representational thought

                                    - Object permanence

                        2- Preoperational thought

                                    -Intuitive thought, basic logic

                                    - Language. Symbolic play

                                    - Egocentrism, animism

                                    - Conservation issues and centrism

                        3- Concrete Operational thought

                                    -reversibility

                                    - increased logic

                                    - Decentered

                        4- Formal Operations

                                    -Adolescent egocentrism

                                    -hypothetico-deductive reasoning

                                    - Abstract thought

                                    - combinational logic and reflective thinking

                        -Vygotsky

                                    - Social vs private speech

                                    - Teachable moments

intro review slides

bio slides from intro

Child psych summer 2013 lectures

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7/5/13- Summer Courses

For any of  you that wanted to take a summer course, I JUST picked up Child Psychology for the 2nd session.  its 6-830 on tues, weds, and thurs.  sign up if you are interested.