Chapter 2 Test Review

assigning traits and behaviors based on a person's enviroment.

• ecolgoical theory
• behavorism
• genes
• etholigical theory

assigning traits and behaviors based on a person's biology.

• ecolgoical theory
• hypothesis
• genestics
• etholigical theory

ideas about how pwople process information, think, and learn.

• cognitive theories
• hypothesis
• genestics
• moral decisions

means of increasing knowledge by observing, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and formulating a theory

• scientific theory
• moral decisions
• etholigical theory
• genes

theory based on the belief that a person's developmental stage should be based on what can be observed or seen in his or her behavior rather than making assumptions about what cannot be directly observed

• behaviorism
• longitudinal studies
• moral decisions
• social cognitive theory

predictions about something that can be tested.

• hypothesis
• genes
• operant conditioning
• manipulaive experiments

behaviors associated with emotional responses

• classical conditioning
• behaviorism
• moral decisions
• logitudinal studies

behaviors that continue when reinforced

• operant confitioning
• classical conditioning
• psychosocial development stages
• observable behaviors

comprehensive explanations about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time

• developmental theory
• moral desicions
• genes
• genetics

method of data collection used to only observe existing groups and record observations

• naturalistic expirements
• behavorism
• genes
• genetics