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| Physcial and psychological changes in the individual over a lifetime |
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| Systematic and scientific study of changes in human behaviors and mental activities over time |
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| Set of ideas or propositions that helps to organize or explain observable phenomena |
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| Programs and plans established by local, regional or national public organizations and agencies designed to achieve a particular social purpose or goal |
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| Ongoing theoretical controversy over whether development is teh result of the child's genetic endowment of environmental influences |
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| Developmental period during which the organization of thought and behavior is qualitatively different from that of an earlier or later period |
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| Theory that environmental experiences shape the individual, more specifically, that all knowledge is dervied from sensory experiences |
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| Unique characteristics that distinguish a person from other members of a larger group |
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| Relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of such experiences as explorations, observations and practice |
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| Learning theory perspective that explains the development of behavior according to the principles of classical and operant conditioning |
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| oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital |
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| 1st stage- From birth to about one year of age, the libidinal energy is focused on the mouth area and can be redcued through sucking, chewing, eating and biting |
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| 1nd stage- From about one years old to about three years old and the child's energy is focused on the anal region and is lessened by bowel movements |
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| 3rd stage- From about three years old to about five years old, this is the general period that is characterized by a desire for the opposite-sex parents and other forms of immature statisfaction surrounding the dentials |
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| 4th stage- From about five years old to adolescence in which the libidinal energy is more focused on more accepted way of social and intellectual skills |
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| 5th and final stage- From adolescence through adulthood, in which mature forms of genital gratification are said to be a release of tension |
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| A neutral stimulus beings to elicit a response after being repeatedly paired with another stimulus that already elcits the desired response |
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| operant or instrumental conditioning |
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| The process of learning by which the frequency of behavior changes depending on feedback in the form of a desireable or undesireable outcome |
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| behavior modification or applied behavior analysis |
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| the systematic application of operant conditioning to modify a behavior or action with feedback and reinforcement |
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| Theoretical approach emphasizing the importance of learning through observation and imitation of behaviors modeled by others |
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| Learning that takes place by simply observing another person's behavior |
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