Theory vocab

3. mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
5. holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly related to observing others
7. mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
12. that behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and is characterized by critical or sensitive periods
15. includes the child's experience, expression, and management of emotions and the ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships with others
16. surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

1. in smaller movements that occur in the wrists, hands, fingers, and the feet and toes
2. type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences
4. passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
6. performed by an organism that can be seen and measured
8. 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
9. refers to learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus
10. process that starts in human infancy and continues into late adolescent concentrating on gross and fine motor skills as well as puberty
11. five environmental systems with which an individual interacts
13. defined as the process of enlarging people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being
14. involved in movement and coordination of the arms, legs, and other large body parts and movements