psychology

• Correlational research examines the relationship between variables without manipulating them.
• Theory of mind is the ability to understand that other people have their own thoughts, feelings, beliefs, desires, etc.
• Social learning theory suggests that we can learn from observing others
• Experimental research involves manipulation of independent variable(s) to determine their effect on dependent variable(s).
• Cognitive development refers to changes in mental processes over time.
• Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
• social development - development of certain skills, attitude relationships and behaviours that enable us to interact with others and respond to social situations.
• attention- learner activity watches model.
• retention - learner stores mental representation of behaviour
• reproduction- learner has the mental and physical ability to perform the behaviour.
• motivation- the learner must want or have a desire to imitate the behaviour
• reinforcement- a positive outcome means learner is more likely to repeat the behaviour
• extraneous - any variable that is not the independent variable but may affect the results (dependant variable) of the research
• cofounding - variables that have affected the results (dependant variable) of the research
• controlled - variable that a researcher holds constant (controls) in an investigator
• neurotypical- specific term for normality that describes individuals who think, behave and feel in ways that are typical od most people
• typical behaviour- represents behaviour of most people.
• atypical behaviour- behaviours that are displayed by a minority of people
• neurodiversity - natural neurological difference that occurs between peoples nervous system, including the brain
• neurodivergent - individuals who think behave or feel differently from most other people
• Attention - learner actively watches model
• retention - learner stores mental representation of behaviour
• reproduction - learner has the mental and physical ability to perform the behaviour
• motivation - the learner must want or have a desire to imitate the behaviour
• reinforcement - a positive outcome means learner is more likely to repeat the behaviour