[ED PSYCH 321] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (100 pages long!)
30 Mar 2017
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What is distinctive about adolescence: john hill, biological, height, changes around 10, cognitive transition, social transition, constructed based on society, context is also emphasized by hill. It depends on who"s raising them, who do they spend time with. Basic issues in development: continuous or discontinuous. Is there a progression or is it stepping stones that people have to reach: does development happen gradually or suddenly, stage theorists believe 1 course for all. Inborn: predestined to go down certain path, genetics guide us, nurture, twin studies help this debate. Perspectives: biosocial, organismic, learning, sociological, historical, ecological. Stereotypes vs. scientific study: have an open mind. Learning theories: stress context in which behavior takes place, capacity to learn is biological given, not specific adolescence, used to understand behavior and then is applied to adolescence. Behaviorism: directly observable events are appropriate focus of study. Inspired by pavlov, watson: classical conditioning, conditioning reflexive responses, baby albert, white rabbit, b. f. skinner, operant conditioning.
