Definitions
An orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts behavior
What is theory?
Emphasizes how parents manage their child's sexual and aggressive drives
What is psychosexual theory?
One approach to studying development is by recording the behavior of interest in the field or natural environment
What is naturalistic observation?
This chromosome is short an carries little genetic material?
What is the Y chromosome?
Permits food and oxygen to reach the developing organism and waste products to be carried away
What is placenta?
The physical and social world that influence our biological makeup and psychological experiences before and after birth is referred to as
What is nurture?
What is social learning theory?
This design emphasizes the relationship between two variables
What is the correlational design?
Compares characteristics of family members
What is kinship studies?
The longest prenatal period
What is the fetal period?
Sally is 24 years old and her husband just died of cancer; this is an example of what type of influence
What is nonnormative influences?
This theory emphasized four stages of cognitive development
What is Piaget's stages of cognitive development theory?
Brings together a wide range of information on one person, including interviews, observations, and test scores
What is a case study?
What is public policies?
The briefest prenatal period, lasting two weeks
What is germinal period?
A good theory includes three components
What are description of the behaviors, explanation of how and why the behavior occurs, and predication of the consequences?
What is behaviorism?
The use of a flexible, conversational style to probe for the participant's point of view
What is clinical interview?
Because of their genetic makeup, individuals differ in their responsiveness to qualities of the environment is referred to as
What is gene-environment interaction?
Contains one large vein that delivers blood loaded with nutrients and two arteries that remove waste products
What is umbilical cord?
A time that is biological optimal for certain capacities to emerge because the individual is especially responsive to environmental influences
What is sensitive period?
This theory emphasized the person as developing within a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment
What is ecological system theory?
Permits inferences about cause and effect because researchers assign people to two or more treatment conditions
What is experimental design?
Field devoted to uncovering the contributions of nature and nurture to this diversity in human traits and abilities
What is behavioral genetics?
This prenatal period lays the groundwork for all body structures and internal organs
What is embryotic period?