PSYC 432 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tabula Rasa, Black Slate, Psychosexual Development
21 Oct 2015
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Effective alternatives: expressing sympathy, helping angry children find positive alternatives to expressing anger (ex: encouraging them to do something they enjoy): social policies, testimonies, when 3 5 year olds are prompted by leading questions, their testimony is often inaccurate, especially when the leading questions are asked repeatedly. Younger they are more susceptible they are to being led, & their recall reflects the biases of the interviewer"s questions: realistic props (anatomically correct dolls or drawings) do not improve recall of events, they actually increase number of inaccurate claims (cid:224) blurs line between fantasy play and reality, understanding human nature better, studies of how children"s ability to overcome the effects of early maltreatment is affected by it"s timing (the age at which the maltreatment occurred, orphanages in romania: almost no contact with caregivers, adoption: offered potential for recovery, physical development: romanian born children adopted.
