Pvcc psy 230 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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, c...

Increasing motor skills during early childhood are due to: - ️️- growth of the body, arms, and legs as the cephalocaudal pattern of growth continues. - greater coordination of muscle groups. - nerve development in the control of motor movement. In Piaget's False Belief task, a child who incorrectly states that a returning person will look for a cupcake in the box that it is in, even though the person returning doesn't know that, is at which Piagetian stage of cognitive developmen...