Chapter One Part One

4. View that human development is multiply determined and cannot be understood within the scope of a single framework
5. the view that psychology should be an objective science
8. provides connections across microsystems
12. Whether there is just one path of development or several paths
15. Theory that focuses on changes in criminality over the life course brought about by shifts in experience and life events, less on biological more on psychological and sociological issues
16. Social settings that a person may not experience firsthand but that still influence development e. Govt policies
17. a useful way to organize the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development

1. the degree to which genetic or hereditary influences (nature) and experimental or environmental influences (nurture) determine the kind of person you are
2. Theories proposing that development is largely determined by how well people resolve conflicts they face at different ages.
3. Theory based on idea that human development is inseparable from the environmental contexts in which a person develops
6. A theory proposing that human cognition consists of mental hardware and mental software
7. whether a particular developmental phenomenon represents a smooth progression throughout the life span (continuity) or a series of abrupt shifts (discontinuity)
9. The study of the brain and nervous system, especially in terms of brain-behavior relationships
10. learning that occurs by simply watching how others behave
11. the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished
13. the multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time
14. Behaviorism (Skinner) Social learning theory (Bandura)