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1. Biological Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature.
Processes
2. Brofenbrenner's Development reflects the influence of several environmental systems
ecological theory Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
3. case study study of one individual in great detail
4. cognitive changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language
processes
5. cohort effects effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation-not to actual age
(generation ef-
fects)
6. continuity-discon- Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages?
tinuity issue
7. correlation coef- A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the degree of
ficient association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00)
8. Correlation Re- strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two or more events
search Method or characteristics
9. cross-cultural compare aspects of two or more cultures
studies
10. cross-sectional a research strategy in which individuals of different ages are compared at one
approach time
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11. Culture Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
12. descriptive re- aims to observe and record behavior
search
13. development pattern of movement or change that begins and conception and continues
through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and dying.
14. eclectic theoreti- an orientation that does not follow any one theoretical approach but rather selects
cal orientation from each theory whatever is considered the best in it
15. emerging adult- the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning approximately
hood 18 to 25 years of age
16. Erikson's Theory primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire to affiliate
with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing eight key crises that
must be resolved.
17. ethnic gloss overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures differences
within the group
18. Ethnicity a characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality characteristics, race, reli-
gion, and language
19. Ethology behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and is characterized
by critical or sensitive periods
20. experiment uses carefully regulated procedures in which one or more factors are manipulated
while all other factors are held constant.
21. gender the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male
and female