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What is Interpersonal Development? {Ans: A "Constructive Model of Development" meaning individuals construct reality throughout the lifespan.}Define Epigenetic {Ans: Epigenetic is the biological term borrowed from embryology. Each stage emerges from the one before it. It is systematic and follows a specific order.}What does the Cognitive Dissonance Theory predict? {Ans: The person will look for things which are consistent with his or her behavior.}What does Ethology refer to and whose work is it associated with? {Ans: It means the study of animals behavior in their natural environment. It's associated with Konrad Lorenz.}What did Lev Vygotsky pioneer? {Ans: The Zone of Proximal Development (it describes the difference between a child's performance without a teacher vs. that which he or she is capable of with an instructor).}Describe each of Kohlberg's Level of Morality. {Ans: Preconvential- child responds to consequences, reward and punishment play a big role here. Conventional- individual wants to meet the standards of the family, society, and even the nation. Postconvential- hard to reach. Individual is concerned with universal, ethical principles of justice, dignity, and equality of human rights. A key issue is the common good of society.}