Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Ages/stages
At risk
Atypical development
Behavioral theory (Pavlov, Skinner, Watson)
Child development
Classical conditioning
Cognitive stage theory (Piaget)
Continuum
Correlational research
Cross-sectional research
Descriptive research
Developmentally appropriate practice
Domains Early childhood
Ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner)
Ethnology
Experimental research
Growth
Human development
Informed consent
Interdisciplinary
Interrelated
Locke
Longitudinal research
Maturational theory (Gesell)
Milestone
NAEYC
Nature
Norm
Nurture
Operant conditioning
Psychoanalytical theory
Psychosexual theory (Freud)
Psychosocial theory (Erikson)
Range of development
"Red Flags"
Research design
Research ethics
Rousseau
Sequence
Social learning theory (Bandura)
Sociocultural theory (Vygotsky)
Special needs
Theory
Typical

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