TALKING POINTS: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

Minitest 3: Units 7, 8 and 9 (Cognition, Motivation and Emotion, and Development)

What is the difference between effortful and automatic processing?

How does attention affect memory?

There are many different types of memory. (Implicit/Procedural, Explicit/Declarative, Long Term, Short Term,
Sensory, Flashbulb) Can you distinguish between the sort of information each type would store?

What are some ways we could improve our memory with encoding, storage or retrieval?

How does a child acquire language? How do biology, cognition or cultural factors affect our language
acquisition?

How does one become creative? What is different about a creative thinker?

What are the different theories explaining why we are motivated to act in different situations (think DriveReduction, Arousal, etc.)?

Explain how our hunger and sex drives are affected by both biological and psychological triggers.

How does stress affect the body? Factors causing stress? How does our body typically respond to stress (think
GAS-Selye)?

How do the 3 different theories of emotion explain how and when we experience an emotion?

Can you explain a situation where Nature and Nurture INTERACT to affect and guide development? (Think
Genie?)

What are 3 examples of teratogens and how does each affect the developing fetus?

What is the difference between maturation and learning of skills? How does each work?

Using Piagets model of development, follow a childs cognitive development from birth to teenager. What is an
important milestone at each stage?

How would Kohlberg explain moral development at different stages (Pre, Conv, Post)?

How do the different parenting styles (think authoritarian, etc.) affect behavior in children?

As one reaches their later years, how do physical and cognitive abilities change?

How does gender affect development and behavior?