human development - ANSWERSthe multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time
nature-nurture issue - ANSWERSthe degree to which genetic or hereditary influences (nature) and experiential or environmental influences (nurture) determine the kind of person you a...
human development - ANSWERSthe multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain
the same over time
nature-nurture issue - ANSWERSthe degree to which genetic or hereditary influences (nature) and
experiential or environmental influences (nurture) determine the kind of person you are
continuity-discontinuity issue - ANSWERSwhether a particular developmental phenomenon represents a
smooth progression throughout the life span (continuity) or a series of abrupt shifts (discontinuity)
universal versus context-specific development issue - ANSWERSwhether there is just one path of
development or several paths
biopsychosocial framework - ANSWERSa useful way to organize the biological, psychological, and
sociocultural forces on human development
biological forces - ANSWERSinclude all genetic and health-related factors that affect development
psychological forces - ANSWERSinclude all internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality
factors that affect development
sociocultural forces - ANSWERSinclude interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors that affect
development
life-cycle forces - ANSWERSreflect differences in how the same event affects people of different ages
, neuroscience - ANSWERSthe study of the brain and nervous system, especially in terms of brain-behavior
relationships
theory - ANSWERSan organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development
psychodynamic theories - ANSWERStheories proposing that development is largely determined by how
well people resolve conflicts they face at different ages
psychosocial theory - ANSWERSErikson's proposal that personality development is determined by the
interaction of an internal maturational plan and external societal demands
epigentic principle - ANSWERSin Erikson's theory, the idea that each psychosocial strength has its own
special period of particular importance
operant conditioning - ANSWERSlearning paradigm in which the consequences of a behavior determine
whether a behavior is repeated in the future
reinforcement - ANSWERSa consequence that increases the future likelihood of the behavior that it
follows
punishment - ANSWERSa consequence that decreases the future likelihood of the behavior that it
follows
imitation of observational learning - ANSWERSlearning that occurs by simply watching how others
behave
self-efficacy - ANSWERSpeople's beliefs about their own abilities and talents
information-processing theory - ANSWERStheory proposing that human cognition consists of mental
hardware and mental software
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