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Accommodation
ans:> adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate
new information
Adaptation
ans:> The process of adjusting to new situations and experiences
through modification of existing schemes (assimulation) or the creation
of new schemes (accomodation).
adolescence
ans:> the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from
puberty to independence
affect
ans:> a psychological term for the observable expression of emotion
Animism
ans:> The tendency to attribute human characteristics to inanimate
objects
antecedent
ans:> An event that precedes a behaviour
Antecedent-behaviour-consequence (A-B-C)
ans:> Behaviour represented as an ongoing chain of activity involving
events that immediately precede the behaviour and that follow it
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
ans:> modern term for a form of behavior modification that uses shaping
techniques to mold a desired behavior or response
,approach success
ans:> A stable motivational tendency to strive for success by tackling
moderately difficult tasks with a high expectation of success.
Approaches to learning
ans:> Learner motivational approaches to learning
Assimilation
ans:> interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
Associationism
ans:> a learned connection between two ideas or events; connections
between stimulus and responses
attachment
ans:> a strong emotional bond established between caregiver and
infants
attention
ans:> Allocation of resources to process information
attribution theories
ans:> Theories concern with the way in which an individual's explanation
of success and failure to those performed in the real world
Aversive
ans:> A contingently applied stimulus that the recipient finds undesirable
and which reduces the behaviour it follows
avoid failure
ans:> A stable motivational tendency to avoid tasks because of a fear of
failure and expectancy for failure on tasks.
Axon
ans:> The long 'arm' of a neuron that carries message to other cells by
mean of electrical impulses
Baseline
ans:> Level of a specific behaviour prior to intervention
basic emotions
ans:> The most fundamental set of emotion categories, which are
biologically innate, evolutionarily determined, and culturally universal.
, basic needs
ans:> Lower-level or 'deficit' needs such as the need for food, safety,
love and respect
behaviour
ans:> Actions that are observable and measurable
Behaviourism
ans:> Explanations of learning concerned wth the effects o external
events on behaviour
Being needs (B needs)
ans:> Growth needs that motivate individuals to achieve personal
fulfillment and self- actualisation.
brain plasticity
ans:> The capacity for the brain to alter its structure and function
throughout the lifespan.
central executive
ans:> In Baddeley's theory of working memory, it controls what working
memory attends to, and how it interacts with long-term memory
Centration
ans:> The tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting
other important aspects.
cerebral cortex
ans:> outer region of the cerebrum, containing sheets of nerve cells;
gray matter of the brain
Chaining
ans:> using operant conditioning to teach a complex response by linking
together less complex skills
Chronosystem (Bronfenbrenner)
ans:> Changes in environments and processes over time that influence
development
class inclusion
ans:> the understanding that a general category can encompass several
subordinate elements