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Behaviorism (3) - ✔✔Stimuli and Response
Pavlov: Classical Conditioning
Skinner: Operant Conditioning (reinforcement, punishment)
Bandura: Social Learning (Modeling) observation of behavior and patterning own
Ethological - ✔✔Influenced by Biology, Evolution ex. Imprinting
Critical Periods- Limited span during child is biologically prepared to acquire certain
behaviors Sensitive Periods- should happen during a time but not strict
Ecological - ✔✔Brofenbrenner:
Chronosystem, Macrosystem, Exosystem, Mesosystem, Microsystem
Time of enviornment
Cultural Values
Indirect effects
Connection between systems
, Immediate surroundings
Polygenetic traits - ✔✔inherited traits produced by different genes
Correlation Coefficient ("r") - ✔✔A statistical measure that describes the strength and direction
of a relationship between two variables
Experimental group & comparison (control) group - ✔✔The group in an experiment that
receives the treatment and the group that does not receive the treatment, used as a comparison
Independent Variable vs. Dependent Variable - ✔✔The variable that is changed or controlled
in a scientific experiment, and the variable being tested and measured in an experiment
Cohort effects - ✔✔The impact of being born in a particular time period or having
certain experiences based on the time period in which one lives
Genotype - ✔✔The genetic constitution of an individual organism
Phenotype - ✔✔The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from
the interaction of its genotype with the environment
Chromosomes - ✔✔Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant
cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
update Already Passed Rated A+
Behaviorism (3) - ✔✔Stimuli and Response
Pavlov: Classical Conditioning
Skinner: Operant Conditioning (reinforcement, punishment)
Bandura: Social Learning (Modeling) observation of behavior and patterning own
Ethological - ✔✔Influenced by Biology, Evolution ex. Imprinting
Critical Periods- Limited span during child is biologically prepared to acquire certain
behaviors Sensitive Periods- should happen during a time but not strict
Ecological - ✔✔Brofenbrenner:
Chronosystem, Macrosystem, Exosystem, Mesosystem, Microsystem
Time of enviornment
Cultural Values
Indirect effects
Connection between systems
, Immediate surroundings
Polygenetic traits - ✔✔inherited traits produced by different genes
Correlation Coefficient ("r") - ✔✔A statistical measure that describes the strength and direction
of a relationship between two variables
Experimental group & comparison (control) group - ✔✔The group in an experiment that
receives the treatment and the group that does not receive the treatment, used as a comparison
Independent Variable vs. Dependent Variable - ✔✔The variable that is changed or controlled
in a scientific experiment, and the variable being tested and measured in an experiment
Cohort effects - ✔✔The impact of being born in a particular time period or having
certain experiences based on the time period in which one lives
Genotype - ✔✔The genetic constitution of an individual organism
Phenotype - ✔✔The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from
the interaction of its genotype with the environment
Chromosomes - ✔✔Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant
cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
