Exam 3- Lecture 13�

Psychology 250 with Monk at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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By: Emily Floyd
Textbook: Understanding Human Development&1key CC Pkg
Created: 2012-03-15
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major depressive disorder

§2 weeks or more of sad mood, lossof interest or pleasure in daily activities

dysthymia

mood is regularly low,but symptoms are not as severe as MDD

8.3%

____ percent of teens in US have MDD or dsythymia

amygdala

hyperactive in patients with MDD

fMRI

measures blood flow (hemodynamic response) to specific regions of the brain

hemodynamic response

increased flow of oxygenated blood to a region of brain that has greater activity

most disorders

axis 1 disorder

formal operations

when adol. can reason at an abstract, scientific level

age 12

formal operations emerges around:

hypothetical thinking

reason about propositions that may or may not reflect reality

- abstract

- hypothetical

- systematic

thinking types of formal operations:

systematically, randomly

in the pendulum task, adults do it ______ while an adolescent will do it _____

second order thinking

thinking about thoughts

thinking about possibilities, hypotheses, abstract concepts, and about thoughts

what do formal operations get you?

future orientation

ability to imagineone’s future and be able to link current decisions to future well being

discount rate

indicates thedifference in value between immediate reward and delayed reward and theduration of the delay

subject takes less money for immediate reward

larger discount rate means:

slower to develop, not universal because some adults may never acquire

limitations of Piaget's Theory of formal operations

adolescent egocentrism

feeling that one's own actions are the center of everyone's consciousness

1. imaginary audience

2. personal fable

3. invincibility fable

3 distortions in relation between self and other:

hypocrisy, decision-making

adol. are sensitive to _____ and have difficulty with _____

frontal cortex, amygdala

adults engage the ______ while adol. engage ______

cerebellum

brain part that changes most in adolescence

cerebellum

involved in coordinating motor actions and thoughts

navigate a complex social world and juggle school, social, and family life

it takes many years to be able to:

About this deck

By: Emily Floyd
Textbook: Understanding Human Development&1key CC Pkg
Created: 2012-03-15
Size: 25 flashcards
Views: 14

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