Summary: Psych Lifespan Chapter 5

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  • Sensorimotor stage - circular reaction

    random event -- like it -- repeat it. 
    -allows child everything there is to learn about activity (adaptive)
  • The characteristics of Sensory Register

    1. unlimited capacity
    2. all environmental info stored here 
    3. visual stimuli are stored for less than a second
  • Short term memory storage

    -sorts through and processes attended information 
    -can only hold info for a few seconds
    -you can hold 2-7 items in your brain
  • zone of proximal development

    a range of tasks too difficult for the child to do alone but possible with help of an adult (zygotsky)
  • Thomas and chess model on temperament...

    responsible for discovery of 3 temperament types
    -study followed children from infancy untill adolescence
  • Easy temperament- what is the percentage and definition

    40% normal development, handle routines well, little trouble adapting
  • slow to warm up - % and def.

    15% Mild reactions, adapts slowly, has a negative mood
  • how stable is temperament?

    -low as general rule
    - develops as we age
    -best chance to predict temperament is after age 3
  • Behaviorist perspective involve..

    reinforcement and imitation
  • Chomsky in his nativist perspective believed that

    grammar rules are too complex to be directly taught
    -LAD (language acquistion device): we have components in our brain that are assigned to language and hard wired rules in them  
    -inter actionist perspective
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