Part 3 Flashcards
View that all development was ultimately the result of learning, he’s also famous for his Little Alber experiment
John Watson
He believed that development was the result of our genetic endowment a view that is known as Maturation.
Arnold Gesell
Behaviors are affected by environmental influences
Norms
Argues that the development of mental structure within the child’s mind determined how child understood the world
Jean Piaget
That a child cognitive development occured within the context of social interactions
Lev Vygotsky
Investigator attempts to elicit the behavior of interest and observed participants responses
Structured observation
Gather extensive information about an individual’s life and then tests developmental hypotheses by analyzing person’s life history
Case study
Seek to understand the unique value, traditions, and social processes of a culture
Ethnography
Measure the relationship between anatomical process and aspects of children’s physical, cognitive, social, or emotional
Psychophysiological Method
Type of research design that indicates the strength of associations among variable
Correlational
Research design in which the investigator introduces some change in participants environment
Experimental
Children’s sub conscious choices which can have an influence on the environment they livein
Active/Passive theme
Physical, Cognitive, Psychosocial development of a person throughout
Human Development
Tendency of our genes to change as we develop due to influence
Epigenetics
Genetic roll of dice. Consist of inborn traits characteristics of parents
Heredity
