Theory Vocab

2. surroundings or conditions in which a person,animal,or plant lives or operates
3. movement and coordination of the arms,legs,and other large body parts and movements
5. learning where behavior is controlled by consequences
6. actions performed by an organism that can be seen and measured
8. mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,experience,and the senses
9. used in psychology,education,and communication,holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others within the context of social interactions,experiences,and outside media influences
11. learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus(e.g. food)is paired with a previously neutral stimulus(e.g. a bell)
12. smaller movements that occur in the wrists,hands,fingers,and the feet and toes
13. field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing,conceptual resources,perceptual skill,language learning,and other aspects of brain development and cognitive psychology
14. process that starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty
15. passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another
16. process of enlarging people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being

1. human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning,without appeal to thoughts or feelings,and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behavior patterns
4. child's experience,expression,and management of emotions and the ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships with others
7. stresses that behavior is strongly influenced by biology,is tied to evolution,and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods." In other words,there are times when we are most sensitive to particular types of stimuli
10. developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner,he divided the environment into five different levels.The microsystem is the most influential,has the closest relationship to the person,and is the one where direct contact occurs.The mesosystem consists of interactions between a person's microsystems