Athabasca University (AU ) • Psyc

the most common cause of wrongful convictions - eyewitness error the 3 stages of memory - encoding, storage, retrieval how does distance affect encoding? - the farther witnesses are from the target, the less accurate they are are identifying the target how does emotional state (stress in particular) affect encoding? - high stress = less accuracy in identifying people weapon-focus effect - tendency for the presence of a weapon to draw attention to itself, impairing a witness's abilit...

1. Which glial are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the extracellular fluid that surrounds neurons? A) Oligodendrocytes B) Astrocytes C) Microglial cells D) Stellate cells - B) Astrocytes 2. At what point do the sensory axons from the periphery enter the spinal cord? A) Central nuclei B) Ventral nuclei C) Dorsal root ganglia D) Ventral white matter - C) Dorsal root ganglia 3. Some neurons have long axons that stretch from one part of the CNS to another. What are these c...

Children who do not fit into Ainsworth's three original categories now are typically classified as: - disorganized secure avoidant resistant disorganized In Bowlby's attachment theory, the secure base refers to: - a special setting developed for needy, dependent infants a comfortable and safe home setting the evolutionary roots of how children become attached to caregivers the haven of safety a caretaker provides that allows a child to explore the environment the haven of safety...

Cohort Effects - relative similarities of a person's birth, era, or generation. (ie. millennials) Continuity vs. Discontinuity - continuity: development is gradual and occurs slowly discontinuity: sudden changes (age-related stages) Scientific Method - 1. conceptualize 2. collect data 3. draw conclusions 4. revise Freuds Theoretical Orientation - Psychoanalytic Theory - oral (birth-1yr) - anal (1-3yrs) -phallic (3-6yrs) interest in genitals -latency (6yrs-puberty) suppressed se...

interdependence theory - version of social exchange theory that focuses on the rules that predict how interdependent partners will behave toward eachother and how they evaluate the outcomes of their interactions given outcome matrix - behavior motivated by self interest effective outcome matrix - after transformation of motivation, behavior motivated by broader considerations Why do we engage in transformation of motivation? - because of personal disposition or relationship motives n...

A-not-B error - Also called AB error, this occurs when infants make the mistake of selecting the familiar hiding place (A) to locate an object, rather than looking in the new hiding place (B), as they progress into substage 4 in Piaget's sensorimotor stage. accommodation - Piagetian concept of adjusting schemes to fit new information and experiences. acculturation - Cultural changes that occur when one culture comes in contact with another culture. active (niche-picking) genotype-envir...