The View That an Individual Child's Development Can Be Understood

question 53

Multiple Choice

The view that an individual child's development can be understood only by examining the reciprocal interactions among various family members is held by

• A) social learning theory.
• B) systems theory.
• C) performance models.
• D) attribution theory.

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Definitions:

John Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the importance of observable behaviors over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.

Predict

To state or estimate that a specified event will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

Rescorla's Theory

Rescorla's theory pertains to classical conditioning and suggests that the strength of the conditioned response depends on the predictability of the stimulus association.

Classical Conditioning

A pedagogical strategy that involves pairing two stimuli together repeatedly; a reaction, once caused by the second stimulus, eventually is caused by the first stimulus only.