Study guide exam 1 Hdfs

A theoretical approach that studies how observable behavior is controlled by the physical and social environment through conditioning.

A theory introduced by Bronfenbrenner that emphasizes the role of context in development, positing that contexts are organized into a series of systems in which individuals are embedded and that interact with one another and the person to influence development.

A form of learning in which an environmental stimulus becomes associated with stimuli that elicit reflex responses.

<p>A perspective posited by Piaget that views individuals as active explorers of their world, learning by interacting with the world around them, and describes cognitive development as progressing through stages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A generation of people born at the same time, influenced by the same historical and cultural conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unique conditions in which a person develops, including aspects of the physical and social environment such as family, neighborhood, culture, and historical time period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aspect of development that unfolds slowly and gradually over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A research design that measures relationships among participants’ measured characteristics, behaviors, and development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A developmental research design that compares people of different ages at a single point in time to infer age differences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A set of customs, knowledge, attitudes, and values shared by a group of people and learned through interactions with group members.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emphasizes the evolutionary basis of behavior and its adaptive value in ensuring survival of a species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A perspective that applies principles of evolution and scientific knowledge about the interactive influence of genetic and environmental mechanisms to understand the adaptive value of developmental changes that are experienced with age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A research design that permits inferences about cause and effect by exerting control, systematically manipulating a variable, and studying the effects on measured variables.</p> Signup and view all the answers