T&T Midterm

Research and Theory

100

Researchers try to avoid this effect in sampling which could lead to bias in conclusions

The VOLUNTEER effect

200

This element of critical thinking is what happens when you are thinking about thinking

Metacognition

300

These types of written sources from researchers are peer-reviewed

Journal articles

400

This good scientific practice makes sure that you are actually measuring what you seek to measure

Valid measure/validity

Nature and Nurture

100

This field attempts to find the relative contributions of genes and environment

Behavioral genetics

200

This theory thinks about people as being influenced by multiple layers around them

Bronfenbrenner Ecological Systems Theory

300

These are distally and probabilistically related to observable traits and behaviors

Genes

400

This term refers to the percent of twins who have the same trait

Concordance rates

Cognition

100

This theorist said that education is a major part of why adolescents get better at cognition

Vygotsky

200

Teens can be pushed to this type of critical thinking...with support

Level 2 thinking

300

This part of Piaget's theory describes the new set of skills adolescents gain in their cognition

Formal Operations (Stage)

400

This top down approach is one way to develop teens' critical thinking

Deductive reasoning

Parents and Peers

100

This "perspective" says the mind, body, and environment are a constantly changing, integrated system

Dynamic systems

200

This type of relationship is ideal in a family systems perspective

Cohesive

300

This theory says that people need autonomy , competence, and relatedness to succeed

Self-determination theory

400

This type of parenting has low warmth and high control

Authoritarian