Lesson 1: Vocabulary Game

What are Developmental Theories?

• Explanations based on research about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.

• The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.

• A theory based on the belief that individuals’ behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control.

• A method to measure physical growth in children.

What is Cognitive Development?

• The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.

• A theory based on the belief that individuals’ behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control.

• Explanations based on research about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.

• A process of emotional growth in children.

What does Behaviorism focus on?

• A theory based on the belief that individuals’ behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control.

• The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.

• Explanations based on research about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.

• A method to enhance memory retention.

What are the traits people are born with called?

• Fine-Motor Skills

• Socio-Emotional Development

• Genetics

• Physical Development

Which skills involve small muscles in the body, such as those in the hands and wrists?

• Genetics

• Fine-Motor Skills

• Socio-Emotional Development

• Physical Development

What type of development includes the areas of relationships and feelings?

• Physical Development

• Genetics

• Fine-Motor Skills

• Socio-Emotional Development

What is referred to as advances in physical abilities?

• Socio-Emotional Development

• Physical Development

• Genetics

• Fine-Motor Skills

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

• Scaffolding

• Development

• Operant Conditioning

• Cognition

What term describes helping a child learn more by working or collaborating with more knowledgeable peers or with the teacher?

• Cognition

• Scaffolding

• Development

• Operant Conditioning

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

• Cognition

• Scaffolding

• Development

• Operant Conditioning