Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Midlife Crisis, Object Permanence, Moral Development

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology 1000 lecture 39: review for midterm march 3, 2016. Language learning: animals can"t learn syntax, animals can"t learn human language, may be able to comprehend some language. Heuristic processing: general problem-solving rules, shortcuts we use to solve problems. Unitary vs multiplex: most think its multiplex. Iq: know how to measure iq, how to calculate stanford-binet iq (mental age/actual age x 100, standard deviations in iq tests. Reliability, validity, and bias: we want high reliability, high validity, and low bias. Kaden vanhelden: know what supports and does not support each theory. Stage vs. continuous theories: stage = qualitative differences between stages, continuous = can just do everything better or more of it in the next stage. Piaget: know his theories, stage theory what is necessary to move on to the next stage, don"t know the ages. Problems with piaget: kids do show some object permanence. Social development: erikson"s theory, attachment, moral development.