Theory Vocab

3. "starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty"
5. "involved in movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements"
6. "involved in smaller movements that occur in the wrists, hands, fingers, and the feet and toes"
9. "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"
11. "the theory that 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"
12. "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses"
14. "the child's experience, expression, and management of emotions and the ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships with others"
15. "the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another"
16. "a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development"

1. "the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates"
2. "refers to learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus"
4. "type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences"
7. "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"
8. "actions performed by an organism that can be seen and measured"
10. "enlarging people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being"
13. "ivided 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"