Biopsychological Theory - psychological influences of the body and
-prenatal
Cognitive Theory - the way we think influences our behavior
how we make sense of the world
-mid life
Behavioral Theory - what we learn, mostly through consequences
Social Cognitive Theory - what we learn and how we interpret it
Humanistic Theory - we all have the potential to develop well if given the right
conditions
Psychoanalytic Theory - how are subconscious desires effect our behavior
Socioemotional - how emotions and relationships develop and how they effect
our development
late adulthood
, Microsystem - family, friends, partner, school, work
Mezosystem - relationships between groups
ex- if two friends are fighting this effects you
Exosystem - things not directly related to you that impact you
-a schoolboard decision
Macrosystem - cultural, political, and economic
-Country wide decision
Chronosystem - pattern of enviornmental events and transitions over the life
course
Engelhardt et al - video game experiment
-loser got a loud noise
-violent gamers played noise longer and louder
Confounding Variables - variables that "get in the way"
-having two different therapists administering experiment
Cohort/Cross sectional - different groups of people of different ages
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