Major Theories
This theory sees the best in everyone
What is Humanism?
In depth analysis of a single person or group
What is a Case Study?
The Three Domains of Development
What are physical, cognitive and psychosocial?
The father of Classical Conditioning
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
A pattern of behavior
What is a Habit?
They argued that all behaviors are learned through interaction with ones environment
Who are Watson and Skinner?
Correlation is not equal to.....
What is Causation?
Cigarettes, drugs and alcohol are all considered to be this.
What are Teratogens?
A learned response specific to food
What is Taste Aversion?
Behaviors performed because the provide personal satisfaction
What is Intrinsically Motivated?
This theory posits that unconscious motives and conflicts drive human behavior.
What is psychoanalytic theory?
When participants in a study agree to participate and know what will be happening
What is Informed Consent?
States that human developments can be divided into a series of internal conflicts
What is Erickson's Theory of Psychosocial Development?
The unlearning of a conditioned response
What is Extinction?
The belief in your own capabilities
What is Self Efficacy?
Seeks to break down mental processes into their smallest components
What is Structuralism?
A case study that seeks to generalize findings across a wider population
What is an Instrumental Case Study?
It provides a framework to assess individual development.
What is the Normative Approach?
The recollection of first and last items of a sequence better that the rest
What is The Serial Position Effect?
The amount of energy expended in a given time period
What is your Metabolic Rate?
Influenced by Darwinism
What is Functionalism ?
When a researcher joins the group or individuals they are studying
What is Participant Observation?
Blank, Embryo, Fetus
What is a Zygote?
They proved aggression could be learned
Who is Albert Bandura?
A failure to recognize that a singular behavior does not define a person
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?