Though Much Early Developmental Research Focused on Early Childhood, Recent

question 171

Multiple Choice

Though much early developmental research focused on early childhood, recent research has identified that

• A)learning theories become even more important in adolescence.
• B)important changes and crises continue to develop across the entire life span.
• C)the role of culture has been deemphasized.
• D)much less of development is due to biological factors in later years.

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A technique used in behavioral psychology to increase the likelihood of a desired behavior by rewarding it.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between similar stimuli and respond appropriately to each.

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a response that has been learned to one stimulus is elicited by a different, but similar, stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest, without any further conditioning.