PSYC_140_2026_PSYCHOLOGICAL_THEORIES_AND_APPLICATIONS_LEARNING_OUTLINE.

PSYC 140 2026 PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS LEARNING
OUTLINE

◉multidirectional. Answer: which feature of human development is
aging considered to be?


◉multidimensional. Answer: changes in the following dimensions:
biological, social, emotional, and cognitive describe how
development is what?


◉both. Answer: freud:
determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the
nurture side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget)


◉nurture. Answer: erikson:
determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the
nurture side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget)


◉nurture. Answer: skinner:
determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the
nurture side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget)

, ◉nature. Answer: piaget:
determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the
nurture side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget)


◉social learning. Answer: process of altering behavior by observing
and imitating the behavior of others


◉modeling. Answer: social learning revolves around ______


◉development. Answer: does piaget focus on learning or
development


◉information processing. Answer: which theory holds that cognitive
development is continuous rather than discontinuous?


◉ethological theory. Answer: Assigning traits and behaviors based
on a person's biology or genetic make-up.


◉lorenz. Answer: who illustrated ethological theory


◉sociological theory. Answer: Logical, rigorous frameworks for the
interpretation of social life that make particular assumptions and
ask particular questions about the social world