Child Psych 1st crosswords

_____period; A time that is optimal for certain capacities to emerge.

Developmental cognitive ____ is the study of relationships between changes in the brain & the developing child's cognitive processes & behavior.

Design in which the same subjects are studied repeatedly @ different ages.

_____ observation; Observing a behavior of interest in the natural environment.

Design that permits inferences about cause & effect.

Behavior _____; Procedures that combine conditioning & modeling to eliminate undesirable behaviors & increase desirable responses

Design in which researchers present children with a novel task & follow their mastery over a series of closely spaced sessions.

Design in which researchers gather info without altering the participants' experience.

_____ ____; An interdisciplinary field that includes all changes throughout the life span.

A _____ describes, explains and predicts behavior

Variable that is manipulated by the researcher.

_____ designs allow researchers to conduct several similar cross-sectional or longitudinal studies @ varying times

Participant observation of a culture.

Variable expected to be influenced by the experimental manipulations

_____ effects refer to the impact of cultural historical change on the accuracy of findings.

Design in which groups of ppl differing in age are studied @ the same point in time.

The clinical method or _____ study approach.

____ ____; The researcher sets up a situation that evokes a behavior of interest & observes that behavior in a lab Setting.

Approach that uses age related averages to represent typical development.

_____ interview; Each participant is asked the same questions in the same way.

A number describing how two variables are related is called a ____ ____.

In a ____ interview, the researcher uses a flexible conversational style to probe for a participant's POV.

____ assignment helps researchers ctrl characteristics of participants that could reduce the accuracy of their findings.

____ is a genetically determined, naturally unfolding course of growth.

Information- ____ approach: views the human mind as a symbol manipulating machine.

Freud's theory focusing on early sexual and aggressive drives.

Erikson's stage theory of development entailing resolution of psychological conflicts.

Social ____ Theory: emphasizes the role of of observational learning in the development of behavior.

In ecological systems theory, temporal changes in a child's environment

Theory that focuses on how social interaction contributes to development.

Theory concerned with the adaptive value of behavior.

____ developmental psychology seeks to understand the adaptive value of species-wide cognitive, emotional and social competencies as those competencies change with age.

_____ savages: view children as possessing an innate plan for healthy growth.

Development as a process in which new ways of understanding & responding to the world emerge at specific times.

Nature vs ____ controversy

In ecological systems theory, social settings that do not contain the child but effect their experiences in immediate settings.

Unique combinations of personal & environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change.

____ development: field of study devoted to understanding constancy & change fr conception through adolescence & emerging adulthood

Theory that emphasizes the unique developmental hx of each child.

View of the child as a blank slate.

In ecological systems theory, activities & interactions patterns in the child's immediate surroundings.

In ecological systems theory, cultural values, laws, customs & resources that influence experiences & interactions @ inner levels of the environment.

____ systems theory; view of the child as developing within a complex system of relationships.

Emphasizes the study of directly observable events.

In ecological systems theory: connections between the child's immediate settings.

Ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development.

Piaget's ____ developmental theory suggests that children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate & explore their world.

Development as gradually adding on more of the same types of skills that were there to begin with

_____ systems perspective; the child's mind, body & physical & social worlds form an integrated system.

Qualitative change characterizing a particular time period of development.