PSYC 4176 Study Guide - Final Guide: Confounding, Muscle Tone, Heredity
Document Summary
Theory-an orderly integrated set of statements that describes, explains and predicts behavior. Continuous development- a process of gradually adding more of the same types of skills that were there to begin with. Discontinuous development- a process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times. Noble savages-naturally endowed with a sense of right and wrong with an innate plan for orderly, healthy growth. Maturation-refers to genetically determined naturally unfolding course of growth. Normative approach- measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals and age related averages are computed to represent typical development. Psychoanalytic perspective-children move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the persons ability to learn, to get along with others and to cope with anxiety.
