Teaching Chapter 3

What are comprehensive explanations, based on research, about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time?

• Classical conditioning

• Developmental theories

• Growth theories

What is the way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life?

• Social-emotional development

• Physical development

• Cognitive development

What is a theory based on the belief that individuals' behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control?

• Operant conditioning

• Behaviorism

• Classical conditioning

What refers to physical changes in size, such as gains in height and weight?

• Development

• Growth

• Sequence

What are physical skills involving small muscles in the body such as hands, wrists. Examples include picking up objects, writing, keyboarding.

• Gross motor skills

• Fine motor skills

• Cognition

What is development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings?

• Physical development

• Cognitive development

• Social emotional development

What refers to advances in physical abilities?

• Physical development

• Cognitive development

• Motor development

What is the theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Behaviorist

What is the gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime?

• Development

• Sequence

• Behaviorism

What are all of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge?

• Growth

• Social-emotional

• Cognition