In __________, development is __________, with achievements at one level building on those of previous levels.

Operant conditioning was formulated and championed by __________.

Genetically determined traits not only directly influence a child’s __________ but also indirectly shape the child’s __________.

__________ focuses on the processes that allow people to know, understand, and think about the world.

Which Bronfenbrenner level examines the developmental influences of homes, caregivers, friends, and teachers?

A researcher working with college-age football players is conducting a longitudinal study to examine an athlete’s decline in on-the-field performance as the athlete ages. What type of development would the researcher most likely be studying?

The group of participants chosen to receive the independent variable in an experiment is called a(n) __________.

The predetermined unfolding of genetic information is known as __________.

Which of Bronfenbrenner’s five levels provides the connections between the various aspects of the person’s life, like links in a chain-to bind children to parents, students to teachers, employees to bosses, and friends to friends?

The life span is usually divided into which specific broad age ranges?