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Question 1

generalized principles which provide framework that guides meaning of developmental phenomenon

Answer 1

developmental theory

Question 2

describes/explains, predicts and is testable

Answer 2

makes a great theory

Question 3

believed in champion of nurture, tabala rasa, principles for parents to raise their children

Answer 3

john locke

Question 4

believed in champion of nature, noble savages, maturation

Answer 4

jean jacques rousseau

Question 5

a lasting theory across time, tested and supported, overarching

Answer 5

grand theories

Question 6

psychoanalytic, behaviorism and theory of cognitive psychology

Answer 6

3 grand theories

Question 7

freely associate, what is driving innerself, early experiences have life long impacts

Answer 7

psychoanalytic movement

Question 8

observed behavior, scientifically objective, both types of conditioning, social learning theory

Answer 8

behaviorism

Question 9

process, perceive, and remember, a person’s thoughts influence behavior

Answer 9

cognitive psychology

Question 10

shift what we already know to include new information

Answer 10

accommodation

Question 11

applying what we already know to our already existing schema to a new phenomenon

Answer 11

assimilation

Question 12

balance, we add new information so we assimilate and accommodate to handle new information

Answer 12

cognitive equilibrium

Question 13

meagningful stimulus is connected to a neutral stimulus to produce a conditioned response

Answer 13

classical conditioning

Question 14

the consequence of a behavior help us learn

Answer 14

operant conditioning

Question 15

observe and imitating the behavior of others

Answer 15

social learning theory

Question 16

one course, everyone follows the same path, nomothetic level

Answer 16

normative approach