PVCC PSY 230 Midterm Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified
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PVCC PSY 230
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PVCC PSY 230
the 4 key debates - ️️continuous vs discontinuous, nature vs nurture, critical vs
sensitive, lifespan vs particular periods
operant conditioning - ️️learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or
weakened depending on consequence (ie people work harder for good grades and
mor...
PVCC PSY 230 Midterm Review
the 4 key debates - ✔️✔️continuous vs discontinuous, nature vs nurture, critical vs
sensitive, lifespan vs particular periods
operant conditioning - ✔️✔️learning in which a voluntary response is strengthened or
weakened depending on consequence (ie people work harder for good grades and
more money)
continuous change - ✔️✔️quantitative, gradual, builds on itself, ex: height
discontinuous - ✔️✔️occurs in distinct stages, qualitative, ex: cognition
nature - ✔️✔️traits, abilities, capacities that are inherited
nurture - ✔️✔️environmental influences that shape nature
critical periods - ✔️✔️absence of certain influences will produce irreversible
consequences
sensitive periods - ✔️✔️later experiences can overcome earlier deficits
psychodynamic theory - ✔️✔️Freud, behavior is motivated by inner forces
psychosocial theory - ✔️✔️Erikson, changes in our interactions and understanding of
others and self
A cohort is a... - ✔️✔️group of people born around the same time in same place
behavioral perspective - ✔️✔️Watson, people are affected by the environment to which
they are exposed; observable behavior/outside stimuli is motivator
classical conditioning - ✔️✔️associating a neutral stimulus with a response that
normally wouldn't bring about that reaction (ie the dog drooling when he hears/sees the
bell...he associates it with meat)
humanistic perspective - ✔️✔️Rogers, people have the natural capacity to make
decisions and control their behaviors
contextual perspective - ✔️✔️Vygotsky; development can't be properly viewed without
seeing physical, cognitive, personality, and social worlds
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