Chapter 2: Theories Flashcards
Norm
Average or usual event, or experience.
Psychoanalytic Theory
Inner drives, and deep motives rooted in childhood.
Behaviorism
Theory studying human development looking at observable behavior. Also the laws at which behavior is learned.
Conditioning
Process by which responses link to particular stimuli.
Classical Conditioning
Child learning to put a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus, responding to the neutral stimulus normally.
Operant Conditioning
When children act and then something follows that action.
Reinforcement
When a behavior is followed by something desired.
Social Learning Theory
Humans sometimes learn without personal reinforcement. Which often occurs through MODELING.
Modeling
When people copy what they see others do.
Cognitive Theory
Thoughts and expectations affect attitudes, beliefs, values, and actions.
Cognitive Equilibrium
State of mental balance. Existing thought to understand current thoughts.
Assimilation
Reinterpretation of new experiences to fit into old ideas.
Accommodation
Restructuring of old ideas to include new experiences.
Information-Processing Theory
Perspective comparing human thinking processes with the input, output, and memory of a computer.
Sociocultural Theory
Human development results from interaction between developing persons and society.
