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psychology
SAC 1 revison
Term | Definition |
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Ethics in psychology | thinking about reasons in terms of values |
Biopsychosocial - biological | Internal genetic and/or physiologically based factors. |
Biopsychosocial - psychological | Thoughts emotions and behaviours such as psychological distress, fear/avoidance beliefs, current coping methods and attribution |
Biopsychosocial - social | the social and environmental factors in which the patient develops |
Piagets theory of cognitive development - Assimilation | (Add) Addition of new information to existing knowledge |
Piagets theory of cognitive development - Accomodation | (change) Changing existing knowledge as a result of being presented with new information |
Piagets theory of cognitive development - Schema | A unit of knowledge about something |
Piagets theory 0 - 2 years | Sensorimotor |
Piagets theory 2 - 7 years | Preoperational |
Piagets theory 7 - 12 years | Concrete operational |
Piagets theory 12 + years | Formal operational |
Critical periods | crucial time during the early development of an organism when it can learn things that are essential to survival |
Sensitive period | a period of time when a child's interests are focused on developing a particular skill or knowledge area |